POLK CITY, Fla. -- 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 public ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

The golden age of the circus is long past, and gone are the days when bombastic advertisements would draw thousands of clamoring fans eager to see the exotic spectacles they promised. While that may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The movement for the Broadway musical “Water for Elephants” needed more than a choreographer. It needed a circus. That’s why the ...

A co-choreographer for the circus-centric stage musical “Water for Elephants,” Shana Carroll has among her list of credits directing Cirque du Soleil’s “Crystal” and overseeing the circus component of ...

Both Asian and African elephant species are either endangered or critically endangered, with fewer than half a million of them left in the wild — a staggering and sobering statistic. Thankfully, a ...

Elephants will perform at the Alliant Energy Center for the final time this weekend as a contract between the venue and the Zor Shrine Circus expires. A new contract is in place to bring the circus ...

POLK CITY, Fla. (Reuters) - At a Florida retirement home for former circus elephants, residents enjoy a steady diet of high-quality hay and local fruits and vegetables, as well as baths and occasional ...

The movement for the Broadway musical "Water for Elephants" needed more than a choreographer. It needed a circus. That's why the musical, which stops at Century II for three Broadway in Wichita ...