Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner ...

the National Park Service (NPS) has a new live webcam feed that lets you watch peregrine falcons nesting on Alcatraz Island. FalconCam, which you can watch below or on YouTube, is a collaboration ...

A 36-foot emaciated sea creature washed up on a California beach, and now researchers want to know how it died. On March 29, ...

The 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island, from 1969 to 1971 ... and the city of San Francisco endorsed a wealthy developer’s bid to turn the island into a theme park and shopping center. Many locals ...

“Think of it like an X-ray or a CAT scan of the entire island,” Kelsey says. “It’s making the invisible visible.” It was harder than it sounds. Alcatraz is managed by the National Park ...