The Jordan World Circus returns to the Butte Civic Center without elephants two years after Viola the elephant escaped and ...

AP - After more than eight years of legal skirmishing, a trial is scheduled to open Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by animal welfare groups alleging that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wanting to run away with the circus was never a joke for Tyler West. This full-time clown said he's known that's what he wanted to ...

"Consider the career of an enduring if controversial icon of American entertainment: the genial circus elephant. In Entertaining Elephants Susan Nance examines elephant behavior - drawing on the ...

From aerialist feats to haunting puppetry, "Water for Elephants" is a visual marvel despite its stuffed script and uneven ...

"Water for Elephants" musical tells story of traveling Depression-era circus, which includes Walter the clown.