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.

Experts have reacted to a viral video of a coyote swimming to Alcatraz Island in what is a surprising first for the San ...

A coyote caught on camera swimming to San Francisco's Alcatraz Island is believed to be the first of its species to visit the ...

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

Alcatraz Island isn't known for its wildlife, but earlier this month, guests captured video of a coyote swimming onto the notorious prison island.

The notorious prison island in Co Cork once held over 2,300 inmates in brutal conditions and is now open for tours ...

He should have been trying to make his escape. A coyote doggie-paddled ashore at Alcatraz on Sunday, leaving stunned guests and workers wondering how the unlikely visitor pulled off the daring swim.

“I didn’t believe them to start with,” Moore, who has been working on the island for the past two and a half years, told SFGATE over the phone. But the guest insisted they had the video to prove it.

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 ...