POLK CITY, Fla. (AP) – 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 ...

The animals were an iconic part of the circus. — -- They are an iconic part of any circus -– eliciting excited shrieks from wide-eyed children. But now, circus-goers will have to do without ...

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 ...

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 ...

POLK CITY, Fla. (AP) – The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is ending its iconic elephant acts. The circus’ parent company, Feld Entertainment, told The Associated Press exclusively that the ...

The elephant acts that have been part of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shows for more than a century will end in May, earlier than their previously announced retirement, the circus' parent ...

PROVIDENCE, Ri. (CNN) – After years of giant tricks and synchronized dances, the elephants at Ringling Bros. will perform in one final act Sunday. The elephants’ last show will be in Providence, Rhode ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus says the "Greatest Show on Earth" will go on without elephants. Animal rights groups took credit for generating the public concern that forced the company ...

They'd spent the last two and a half years traveling 36,000 miles on a 64-car train, performing 900 times in over 80 cities for the world-renowned Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus.

In an age where artificial intelligence is being promoted as the next big thing, we're incessantly told about how robots will soon replace humans and everyone will be out of a job. That hasn't ...

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 ...