Although Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey have already phased out elephants, bears, lions, and tigers, regional circuses ...

Murderous Mary” was executed in the town of Erwin, Tennessee, more than a century ago, and her saddening story still ...

of fresh fish a day. Goliath, not a circus sea elephant him self, bore a great circus name. Goliath I and II were famed troupers for Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey’s Circus (TIME.

Circuses are known for their clowns, acrobats, and of course, animals. Nowhere else could people witness elephants balancing ...

Pope Francis was treated to a show by an African circus troupe at his weekly general audience on Wednesday. The 88-year-old pope appeared to shake the trunk of the troupe's elephant, before it emerged ...

Then the animal filled its trunk with water and spewed it over the cardinals and the people, drawing laughter and applause. The elephant became ... the Pastoral Care for Circus and Fair Workers ...