Catholics around the world are eagerly waiting to find out who will succeed Pope Francis, and they’ll soon know once the Sistine Chapel releases the highly anticipated white smoke. Here’s when ...

From this simple metal tube will emerge the long-awaited white smoke that will announce the election of the new pope. Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday evening to the ...

During their deliberations, the only indications of their progress are the regular plumes of smoke wafting from a freshly installed chimney perched on the roof of the Sistine Chapel. Tradition ...

Here puffs of black smoke mark voting rounds that fail to converge on a winner until the cardinals announce that they have come to an agreement by releasing a plume of white smoke, the dramatic ...

Outside the conclave, people can only see the smoke rising from the chapel's chimney — the sole form of communication between the conclave and the outside world. There are multiple voting rounds ...

Those in the Savannah area were part of a unique but tragic scene. A sperm whale was beached on the shore of Hilton Head Island over the weekend. Why did this happen and what do we know?

A beached sperm whale that washed up on Hilton Head Island Saturday evening was euthanized late last night, according to the town’s Facebook post. The 31-foot whale is believed to be a juvenile ...

A whale that beached itself on Hilton Head Island on May 4 has been euthanized, local officials announced. The whale, which officials have identified as a juvenile sperm whale, was sedated and ...

The world's attention will soon turn to a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel as cardinals inside use a once-mysterious recipe to create smoke that signals their progress in choosing a new pope.

ALAMEDA — A dead gray whale was found rolling in the surf off Alameda South Shore Beach, according to the Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences. The whale marks the fourth ...

EMERYVILLE — A juvenile whale who beached itself several times since it was first spotted in the San Francisco Bay last week was euthanized Tuesday after a team from the Marine Mammal Center ...

The Marine Mammal Center said the whale spotted near the Emeryville Marina was likely a juvenile minke whale. While sightings of the species are rare in the Bay Area, they are not unprecedented.