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 ...

Do you remember the first time you saw a real, live elephant? I was nine years old when a convoy of trucks rolled into the teeny town of Yellow Springs, Ohio (population 6,000) and parked in the empty ...

There was some BIG news this week -- literally -- as a circus elephant escaped from her pen and roamed the streets of a Montana city. The escape has garnered mixed reactions. While some said it was ...

An elephant recently surprised those on a Montana road after running away from a nearby circus. It has now come to light that it is the third time this female pachyderm has fled its circumstances.

The elephant reportedly got loose after being scared by a truck backfiring Butte, Montana had a surprise visitor this week. On April 16, videos on social media showed an elephant roaming the streets ...

BUTTE, Montana — A 58-year-old circus elephant managed to briefly taste freedom Tuesday when it escaped and wandered through the streets of Butte, Montana. The Asian elephant named Viola was in town ...

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 ...