The smell of sawdust and popcorn fills the air. The clowns, acrobats and magicians are all in place. As the audience are guided to their seats inside the big top, all the classic elements of the ...

An approach to animal psychology -- How animals live -- The animal's daily life -- The animal and its enemies -- "Flight" and "hypnosis" -- Animals among themselves -- Mother and child -- Wild and ...

Tiger tamer Alexander Lacey gets his tigers on their feet in one of the final performances of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via ...

A semi-truck hauling circus animals erupted in flames on an Indiana highway early Saturday morning — setting free camels, zebras and a horse to run wild along the pavement. Troopers scrambled to catch ...

Nearly a dozen circus animals roamed along a northern Indiana highway in the early hours of Saturday after they were safely rescued from a truck fire, authorities said. The incident occurred on ...

Meet Viola whose life is a circus, literally. She escaped from the big top in Butte, Montana during her bath after a truck backfired and scared her. According to the Today Show Instagram page, Viola's ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four years after the “Greatest Show On Earth” shut down, officials are planning to bring back the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus — without animal acts. An ...

A Russian circus show went terribly awry after a humongous bear mauled its female trainer twice in front of horrified spectators, as seen in alarming video footage. The Harlequin Traveling Circus had ...

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced Wednesday its big top circus will resume touring five years after it was retired, and animals will no longer be part of the performance.