Researchers create 3D map of Alcatraz to monitor effects of climate change 05:33. SAN FRANCISCO -- Rising sea levels are threatening iconic Alcatraz Island and now a groundbreaking endeavor is ...

Maps show how remote detention center is in Florida Everglades It doesn't have alligators or snakes. But it does have sharks swimming around in the water that surrounds what has been ...

To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch. "It can’t be a functioning prison because there is no running water," said John Martini ...

Al Capone, George 'Machine Gun' Kelly, James 'Whitey' Bulger, and the 'Birdman of Alcatraz' were among the San Francisco prison's most infamous inmates before it closed in 1963 because of high costs.

Alcatraz was named "La Isla de los Alcatraces" or "The Island of the Pelicans" by Spanish explorer Lt. Juan Manuel de Ayala when he mapped San Francisco Bay in 1775, according to a history from ...

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he wanted Alcatraz to be returned to use as a maximum-security prison even though it has been closed for more than 60 years. Its outsized place in the ...