“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 ...

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 ...

Alcatraz Island, home to the nation’s most notorious ... Today, even at the old prison itself, which is run by the National Park Service, fleece- and sneaker-clad tourists who venture out ...

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 ...

In 1978, Native Americans calling for tribal sovereignty marched across the country from one national park site to another, starting on Alcatraz Island in California and ending at the National Mall.

Frank Dean, general superintendent of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which runs Alcatraz, first learned the history of the island when he was a young Park Service ranger. His earliest ...

“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 ...