A lone coyote was first spotted in January by visitors who saw the exhausted animal paddling toward the rocky shores of Alcatraz. The New York Post reported that witnesses captured video footage and ...

A man filmed a coyote swimming to Alcatraz Island on Jan. 11, marking the first documented sighting of the animal on the California island that houses the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Park rangers ...

The Alcatraz coyote's origin story just got a plot twist—and a longer swim, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The National Park Service said Monday that DNA testing shows the lone animal that ...

The coyote that managed to swim to Alcatraz Island earlier this year likely made the epic journey from Angel Island State Park, not San Francisco as previously presumed, the National Park Service said ...

It was a late Sunday afternoon like any other on San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island. The day was winding down, and Aidan Moore, a guest relations employee for Alcatraz City Cruises, was at the dock of ...

A coyote swims through flooded farmland near Holt, Calif. A coyote was spotted swimming to Alcatraz Island on Jan. 11, marking what Golden Gate National Parks officials say is the first documented ...