The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is drawing to a close this weekend after 146 years of performances and travel that at times have been marred by tragedy and celebrated in film, but also ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey performers recently provided students at the Great Lakes Circus Center with intimate performances, instructions and demonstrations. The Grand ...

It might be the “Greatest Show on Earth,” but animal rights activists say it’s also the cruelest. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) volunteers held a demonstration in downtown Phoenix ...

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is easily the most enduring circus name in American history. At its peak, it employed more than 1,000 people and incorporated hundreds of animals in its acts. P.T.

This time around, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey might be running “The Greatest Show Above Earth.” One of Ringling-Barnum’s latest productions, “Circus Xtreme,” begins a four-day, six-show ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Elephants will perform for the last time at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Sunday, as the show closes its own chapter on a controversial practice that has ...

AJ Anaya is leader of The Freestyle Riders, the first BMX/stunt bike troupe to join Ringling Bros. circus. The Freestyle Riders perform for Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, the first ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The highly anticipated North American tour of The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is performing their revamped version of The Greatest Show on Earth in Albany from ...

ELLENTON, Fla. -- After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on "The Greatest Show on Earth." The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said the show will close forever in May. The ...

More than 100 young Annapolis gymnasts gasped when they watched acrobats stack themselves three people high and leap over a jump rope, only mere feet away. To them, it might have seemed effortless.