A “fuzzy watermelon”-looking animal in Washington is winning over the hearts of people on social media. Ume is a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf that was born Feb. 2 at the Point ...

MIAMI – Zoo Miami is celebrating the birth of an endangered Malayan tapir, marking the first successful birth of the species at the zoo in 18 years, Communications Director Ron Magill confirmed ...

Zoo Miami has announced the birth of a Malayan tapir, an endangered species recognizable by its pig-like appearance and elephant-like snout. According to the zoo, the calf was born on September 16 (he ...

An endangered and rare Malayan tapir calf was born this weekend at Washington’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Only the second tapir birth there in more than a hundred years, the unnamed newborn ...

A Malayan tapir calf was born at the Tacoma zoo on Feb. 2. Katie G. Cotterill Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and ...

The Baird’s tapir calf and her mom, Luna, spend their time grooming, nursing and exploring. Ken Bohn San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Luna, a Baird’s tapir at the San Diego Zoo, is a new mom. In a ...

Experience the gentle and unique world of the tapir with this intimate close-up video. The footage focuses on the animal's face, highlighting its most distinctive feature: the short, prehensile trunk, ...

Staff at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium are getting ready for a new baby. Yuna, a 9-year-old Malayan tapir, is pregnant. Tapirs, according to the Tapir Specialist Group, are rare mammals that are ...

A Washington zoo is saying goodbye to its last Malayan tapir before she moves to a new home in California, officials said. Ulan, the “prehistoric-looking” mammal, came to the Woodland Park Zoo in ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. We may wrinkle our noses at the thought of eating at a public toilet. But in the forests of Brazil, tapir toilets are important buffet centers for ...

I received the following email from my grandson Parker who was on a field trip in Central America: “While walking a trail in Belize after dark, a member of our group spotted a faint eyeshine from ...