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 ...

A traveling circus set to perform in Astoria this week is drawing protests from animal rights activists, who plan to gather ...

"Water for Elephants" musical tells story of traveling Depression-era circus, which includes Walter the clown.

At a sold-out circus show in Hawaii, the audience cheered as Tyke the elephant entered the ring for what seemed like a normal performance. But within moments, it became clear that this was not part of ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A circus violated an animal welfare law by allowing three elephants to briefly get loose in Missouri and watering them too close to a Pennsylvania show’s public area where a child ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This show is not your average stage musical, as it incorporates breathtaking acrobatic stunts that one would see in "Cirque Du ...

In the short clip shared by user @soin1d, a fully grown male elephant is seen standing briefly at the edge of his wading pool ...

This weekend's last show on earth for "The Greatest Show on Earth" has been in the making for 22 years, since a series of I-Team reports questioned whether elephants at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & ...

The circus is coming back to town this weekend courtesy of the Carden Circus Spectacular, an act that annually puts on shows at Heartland Credit Union Arena in Park City. Its visit will span three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wanting to run away with the circus was never a joke for Tyler West. This full-time clown said he's known that's what he wanted to ...