A terrified performing bear attacked a circus ringmaster in front of a large crowd of children and their parents. The brown bear suddenly became agitated before going into the ring to show its tricks ...

A star circus ringleader from the US said he was scolded by a waiter in a Sydney restaurant for bringing a puppet raccoon into the establishment. Comedian and award-winning magician David Williamson ...

I hadn’t set foot in a circus since I was five-years-old. Back in the day, it was mostly caged animals, a couple of clowns and a slew of struggling-juggling acts. Even then, I was probably most ...

The following is a Folklife Festival story told through the lens of an object: the circus ringmaster’s top hat. Like all good “storied objects,” this one is imbued with the Festival experience of its ...

"It was absolutely thrilling," Kristen Michelle Wilson said on "GMA" — -- The famed Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has chosen its first female ringmaster in its 146-year history.