Julie, once a circus elephant, and Kariba, from a Belgian zoo, are to be moved to a former ranch in Portugal ...

Portugal's last circus elephant, Julie, is to become one of the first residents of a retirement home for the pachyderms that ...

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 ...

A traveling circus set to perform in Astoria this week is drawing protests from animal rights activists, who plan to gather outside the Clatsop County Fairgrounds & Expo on Wednesday to call for the ...

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 ...

"Consider the career of an enduring if controversial icon of American entertainment: the genial circus elephant. In Entertaining Elephants Susan Nance examines elephant behavior - drawing on the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Elephants take a final bow at Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Sunday, ending a 145-year spectacle that delighted fans but enraged animal activists, who say the highly ...

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 ...