POLK CITY, Fla. -- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public ...

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 circus's parent ...

As the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus hits the road for the first time in seven years, gone are the tigers, elephants and Pennywise-esque clowns. By Jonathan Abrams A pesar de la falta de ...

When it comes to developing cancer, risk increases with body size and life span, according to the National Institutes of Health. This is because the more cells an organism has, and the longer the ...

For the Greatest Show on Earth, there is no longer an elephant in the room. The 145-year-old Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus held its last show featuring elephants Sunday night, in a move ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus announced Saturday it would be shutting down its "greatest show on Earth" later on this year after 146 years of operation. This will come as no great ...

Sad-faced clown Emmett Kelly spoke those words in 1956, upon hearing that “The Greatest Show on Earth” was folding its mammoth tent for the last time. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ...

Animal-rights groups are suing the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, citing a provision of the Endangered Species Act. It is the first time that the federal law, normally used to protect ...

“We’ve spent several years now thinking and imagining what could be possible,” CEO Juliette Feld Grossman said while previewing the circus at the Feld Entertainment complex last fall. “The biggest ...

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 ...