Grab a beer and watch the elephants romp around the wildlife preserve. That's a possibility under a proposal from Lowry Park Zoo to expand alcohol sales and consumption to every corner of the sprawling 56-acre central Tampa tourist attraction. ...more

January 7, 2010

About the only thing missing will be elephants. A circus theme is planned for the city's Halloween Fall Festival, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Temple Terrace Family Recreation Center. ...more

October 21, 2009

Walt Disney Studios is turning box-office cash from its nature documentary "Earth" into seed money to plant trees in the rain forest. ...more

April 29, 2009

The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund is celebrating Earth Month through April 30 by benefiting wildlife conservation with an on-line auction. ...more

April 6, 2009

The 11th annual Sarasota Film Festival opened Friday with a screening of Oren Moverman's "The Messenger" and the traditional opening night gala. Here are some highlights of today's schedule. ...more

March 28, 2009

Animal rights activists asked a federal judge Wednesday to find that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus violates the Endangered Species Act by using metal-tipped prods and chains to control its elephants. ...more

March 18, 2009

Downtown Tampa motorists could be forgiven for doing a double-take Monday afternoon. ...more

January 6, 2009

ringling bros. circus parades the elephants through downtown ...more

January 5, 2009

BUT CAN ELEPHANTS FLY? Santa Claus rode into town on an Asian elephant from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus to deliver toys Monday to a handful of Tampa Bay area children at the Florida State Fairgrounds outside Tampa, which serves as the circus's winter rehearsal grounds for the upcoming season. ...more

December 23, 2008

Ladies and gentleman, children of all ages, it's almost time to make your way to "The Greatest Show on Earth." ...more

December 17, 2008