The circus, with its large tents, clowns, crowds of people and acrobats, is not an experience that would generally be described as intimate. However, the Big Apple Circus is trying to change that with...

Come one, come all: the circus is finally catching up with the times. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is planning on retiring all 13 of their remaining performing elephants by 2018. Although...