Joseph Caulkins can feel the heat from the flames of a fire twirler and hear the gasps of the audience when a hand balancer pulls off a tricky maneuver or Blake Wallenda makes it across the highwire.

This year marks 250 years since the start of modern circus. It was in 1768 that Philip Astley began his circus entertainment in Waterloo in London. To celebrate, here's the latest in our new series of ...

She can fit her entire body through a tennis racket, balance upside down on her hands and fire flaming arrows with her feet — and it's all coming to Boise for the Western Idaho Fair from Friday, Aug.

“Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages...” is the legendary saying that every ringmaster announces right before whimsical clowns on tiny bikes enter and surreal contortion acts begin. Thanks to ...

The "Greatest Show on Earth" is back and headed to Florida early next year. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents "The Greatest Show on Earth" is coming to arenas nationwide with an all-new ...