ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is ending its elephant acts a year and a half early, and will retire all of its touring elephants in May. The move comes amid ...

Ringling Bros. is heading to four cities Florida in 2026 with a new music-driven circus tour. Do they still use animals in ...

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 ...

After years of entertaining fans under the big top -- and a few years in retirement -- in Central Florida, a herd of former circus elephants is settling into their new home at a wildlife refuge. The ...

Both Asian and African elephant species are either endangered or critically endangered, with fewer than half a million of them left in the wild — a staggering and sobering statistic. Thankfully, a ...

OAKLAND (BCN)—Two days before the Ringling Brothers Circus begins a series of shows in Oakland, two City Council members and animal rights activists said today that they’re glad the circus has decided ...

In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 photo, Asian elephants belonging to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, are lead from their enclosure to a rehearsal at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. The ...

Intrepid intern Katie Minchew ran away with the circus—for the afternoon. Read up on her adventures with the elephants at the Dallas Farmers Market: The Shrine Circus is in town at Fair Park Coliseum ...

An Asian elephant that spent decades performing in South American circuses has started a new life in an open-air sanctuary in Brazil, after travelling thousands of kilometers by plane and truck from a ...

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 ...