The legacy of Jumbo lived on, however, through both his hide and skeleton — which were quickly preserved and put back on tour with the circus until 1890. Touring Jumbo’s skin and skeleton ...

The sale of Jumbo, the African elephant to P.T. Barnum causes an uproar in England.

For freshman Marisa Jones, coming to a school whose mascot is the beloved elephant of big-top pioneer P.T. Barnum seems like nothing less than fate. "It's amazing," Jones said. "Jumbo the elephant ...

A new book about a circus elephant that died in St. Thomas, Ont., brings Jumbo's story to life. While crisscrossing North America as a spectacle in the Barnum & Bailey Circus, the elephant was ...

The hanging of Mary the elephant: TN town wrestles with legacy of circus animal's death. Mary was killed in 1916 after she grabbed, slammed, and stomped her handler.

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 ...

An elephant named Viola recently caused chaos in Butte, Montana, after escaping a circus and roaming the streets on her own. Astonishing video shows the Asian elephant casually walking through a ...

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.

An escaped circus elephant named Viola was seen weaving through traffic and striding across parking lots in Butte, Mont., on Tuesday, a getaway that was captured in several videos shared widely 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 ...

In October of 1922, a traveling circus swung through Wilmington with an elephant named Topsy as its star attraction, delighting the coastal North Carolina city with the antics of a four-ton pachyderm.

The hanging of Mary the elephant: TN town wrestles with legacy of circus animal's death. Mary was killed in 1916 after she grabbed, slammed, and stomped her handler.