A lone coyote that swam more than a mile across San Francisco Bay to Alcatraz Island is being monitored by scientists and ...

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

Tours of Alcatraz Island resumed Friday morning after being abruptly closed down the day before due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. By midmorning on Oct. 3, long lines of visitors from the ...

People were initially worried about his wellbeing.

Attorney General Pam Bondi visited Alcatraz on July 17, the infamous federal prison island in the San Francisco Bay that President Donald Trump has said he wants to reopen to house the country's "most ...

A video taken by a tourist shows the first documented instance of a coyote swimming to Alcatraz, scientists say. It came ...

Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged after ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island on Thursday to advance a proposal to reopen the former federal prison. Bondi and Burgum left the island after ...