When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed down in May 2017, a victim of changing tastes and years of protests by animal-rights groups, The Greatest Show on Earth seemed like the ...

Performers from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus put on “The Greatest Show on Earth” for patients in ...

After a six-year hiatus, "The Greatest Show on Earth" will return next year without animal performers following years of criticism from animal rights activists After a six-year hiatus, the Ringling ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- After 146 years of thrilling audiences, the very last iteration of "the Greatest Show on Earth" is just weeks away on Long Island. So what does the milestone mean for some ...

COLUMBIA, Md (WJZ) --After nearly 150 years, the big top is coming down. Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus will close its doors this spring. The decision was announced this weekend by the ...

Circus folk never bid each other “goodbye,” according to tradition. At the end of each show, when scaffoldings are dismantled and animals and performers board the mile-long trains they call home, ...

The Greatest Show on Earth held its final Connecticut show in Hartford Sunday night. It started in the 1870s with Connecticut native son P.T. Barnum. The circus was basically a retirement gig for him.

The teen country singer's music will help target a younger audience for The Greatest Show on Earth.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An elephant stretches its trunk through a window to soothe a sick child. A woman gives birth and three months later is back performing on the high wire. A ...

After its nearly century and a half run, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus plans to shut down "The Greatest Show On Earth." The historic American spectacle will deliver its final show in May, ...

After a six-year hiatus, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is set to return soon, but with one significant change: no animals. Showrunners announced on the Today show Wednesday that the ...