Park rangers, biologists, and San Francisco visitors are breathing a sigh of relief after a remarkable coyote has been spotted safe and sound. In fact, he appears to be thriving!<\/p>\n
The adventurous coyote, affectionately nicknamed ‘Floyd,’ was first seen swimming to Alcatraz<\/a> on January 11. He crawled onto the rocky shore with shaking legs and took time to catch his breath before disappearing among the rocks and brush. After weeks of questions and concern, Floyd has been spotted again, and this time, scientists are keeping a much closer eye on him.<\/p>\n It’s fantastic to hear that the adventurous coyote<\/a> is doing well in his new home. As impressive as it was to think of him navigating San Francisco Bay’s chilly waters for over a mile (presuming he came from the city’s mainland), his thin and shivering appearance had everyone understandably worried. But now, just a few weeks later, he couldn’t appear any healthier.<\/p>\n Related: Coyote and Bear’s Unlikely Friendship is Like Disney’s ‘Robin Hood’ Coming to Life<\/a><\/p>\n NBC Bay Area news anchor Gia Vang explains, “This marks the first documented coyote presence on Alcatraz since the island was transferred to the National Park Service in 1972.” Considering how animal sightings were not tracked before then, this could mean that Floyd is the first coyote on the island ever.<\/p>\n “If a coyote can make it, I know those prisoners escaped and are still alive,” commenter @rodrigo_893 admitted. That could certainly be the case! In 1962, three men escaped<\/a> from Alcatraz’s maximum security prison and presumably swam to safety, and they were never seen again.<\/p>\n Other viewers are less impressed and more concerned about the San Francisco coyote<\/a>‘s future on the island. @Nickeebrown13 asked, “They don\u2019t have a fresh water source though, so what is he drinking?”<\/p>\n What’s Next For the Alcatraz Coyote?<\/p>\n Others, like tour guide Aidan Moore, who was the first to see the video of the coyote swimming to the island, have had the same concern. He shared<\/a> that the coyote’s future on the island “depends entirely on how it behaves” and whether human intervention is required for his survival.<\/p>\n The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is closely monitoring the wild animal <\/a>and his well-being, though his fate is still uncertain. For now, he’s still roaming Alcatraz, where very lucky visitors may be able to catch a glimpse of him.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc36<\/a>SIGN UP to get \u201cpawsitivity\u201d delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/a>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by PetHelpful<\/a> on Feb 2, 2026, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Park rangers, biologists, and San Francisco visitors are breathing a sigh of relief after a remarkable coyote has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[29807,101,1914,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-163772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-park-rangers","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-bay","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}