The coyote poses a predatory risk for the bird population on Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay, on Jan. 29, 2026.

All eyes will be at the Super Bowl and Levi’s Stadium on Sunday but before the game, all eyes will be on Alcatraz where the ...

A coyote’s Alcatraz swim thrilled San Francisco, but it also revealed a tougher truth: urban wildlife is learning fast. Right ...

The coyote that was seen swimming near the southern edge of the Alcatraz Island made it to the island, and it appears to be ...

The coyote struggled onto the rocky shore this month. It is the first documented coyote on Alcatraz since the island was transferred to the National Park Service in 1972.

A coyote was spotted swimming to Alcatraz and now appears to be thriving. Ecologist Christopher Schell at the University of California Berkeley has been following this saga.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Super Bowl pregame show will be headed to Alcatraz Island. NBC announced Monday that the network ...

Charlie Hopkins, one of the last living to have served time in Alcatraz, San Francisco’s notorious island prison, has dismissed President Donald Trump’s order that the jail be reopened. “I don’t think ...

A video taken by a tourist shows the first documented instance of a coyote swimming to Alcatraz, scientists say. It came months after a coyote was filmed swimming near Angel Island.

The penitentiary officially closed on March 21, 1963 after being in operation for nearly three decades.