For the first time since the Ringling Bros. brought their circus to Baraboo in the late 1800s, elephants won't be returning to the city as Circus World prepares to open their summer performance season ...

A circus elephant named Viola gave the performance of her life on Tuesday – a grand disappearing act. The mammoth animal was scheduled to appear on stage at Jordan World Circus in Butte, Montana, but ...

The Pope held an audience with a troupe of African circus performers in the Vatican on Wednesday. The 88-year-old watched from a chair as acrobats, robot-operated puppet elephants, jugglers and ...

Puppeted animals, a traveling circus and forbidden love, make up the show “Water for Elephants” at Century II.  The story is ...

PROVIDENCE, RI (WFLA) – After nearly 150 years of performing, the largest stars of the ‘greatest shows on Earth’ will give their last show this weekend in Rhode Island. The elephants at the Ringling ...

The golden age of the circus is long past, and gone are the days when bombastic advertisements would draw thousands of clamoring fans eager to see the exotic spectacles they promised. While that may ...

After years of protests from the Humane Society and other animal activists, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus are retiring their elephants. According to the Associated Press, the gentle giants ...

BUTTE, Mont. — The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Montana, leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk ...

The circus meets Broadway in the upcoming PNC Broadway in Louisville production of "Water for Elephants." Coming to the Kentucky Center, 501 W. Main St., Oct. 14-19, "Water for Elephants" is based on ...

When circuses starting making their way to Dayton in the 1800s, they quickly became a major spectacle. We went back into the archives to see what the circuses were like throughout history and the ...

Elephants will perform at the Alliant Energy Center for the final time this weekend as a contract between the venue and the Zor Shrine Circus expires. A new contract is in place to bring the circus ...