Flea circus director Robert Birk says he was shocked to find all of his 300 fleas dead inside their transport box Wednesday morning. The circus immediately scrambled to find a new batch so it could ...

Come winter, the fleas in the Alberti Flea Circus like to head down to Florida. "They own a condo in Fort Lauderdale," said Jim Alberti, the human part of the circus. Their condo is a French poodle.

Here is a letter from Betty Seifert of Weimar who is the only person I know who ever attended a flea circus. Sometimes she talks about that experience and her friends think she's spoofing. They don't ...

In the middle of the 19th century, people flocked to a different kind of circus -- the flea circus. One such miniature circus came to Washington last month. Its two tiny stars, Midge and Madge, raced ...

BERLIN (AP) — An entire troupe of performing fleas has fallen victim to the freezing temperatures currently gripping Germany. Flea circus director Robert Birk says he was shocked to find all of his ...