Sian Espana, a sixth-generation performer, rolls around at different angles, inside and outside the German Wheel that sends him spinning upside down and sideways. At one point, he writhes around on ...

A circus without elephants might be more humane, but apparently it's far less enticing. The owners of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said they will permanently end their 146-year-old ...

ELLENTON, Fla. — After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on "The Greatest Show on Earth." The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told The Associated Press that the show ...

Goodbye to death-defying feats — daring young men (and women) on the flying trapeze, whip-wielding lion tamers, human cannonballs. Goodbye to the scent of peanuts and popcorn, the thrill of ...

Podcast: Ringling Bros. Circus begins final NJ tour. It's the end of the line for Ringling Bros. “The train is like a rolling college dormitory,” said Joe DeSoto, a clown.

The circus founded in Baraboo is ending in May. The five Ringling brothers performed their first circus on May 19, 1884, in the backyard of the county jail property on Broadway St. in Baraboo, Wis.

The "Greatest Show on Earth" is getting its curtain call. Feld Entertainment, owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said in a statement that the show will end is 146-year run in May.

It’s appropriate that Vienna software startup Antithesis is housed in the former headquarters of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus’ parent company. After all, Antithesis emerged from stealth ...

The other is her 21-year-old daughter, Skyler, who performs in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Continuing with the family theme, Tina Miser's husband, Brian, is her trigger man.

A circus without animals might sound oxymoronic. Un-American, perhaps. Even unacceptable, to some. (When Ringling Bros. announced in 2016 it would no longer be using elephants, Donald Trump ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which was considered dead and gone in 2017, ... He was known for sensationalistic spectacles like “The Fiji Mermaid” or Jumbo the Elephant.

Davis writes that whenever the circus was in town, “daily life abruptly stopped.” Clowns perform in the final show of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 2017. Bruce Bennett/Getty ...