VATICAN CITYVATICAN CITY — With no pope, a sea gull is stealing the show at the papal conclave. Smoke watching has become bird watching in St. Peter’s Square after a sea gull perched atop the chimney ...

While thousands of umbrella-clad onlookers waited for what later turned out to be white smoke to billow out of the Sistine Chapel's chimney Wednesday and declare Pope Francis elected, some creatures ...

Perched on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, three birds were the among the first to glimpse the white smoke signaling a new pope. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Three sea gulls, including a chick, were ...

ROME — In her fourth-floor apartment in central Rome, Emanuela Tripi awoke at dawn to the terrifying sounds of a home invasion. She crept into her kitchen and spotted the culprit — long white neck, ...