Dozens of tributes are paid with former students saying Timmy was an inspiration.

The cameras of Rio de Janeiro's State Institute of Environment (INEA) have caught a truly wild moment for Brazilian biodiversity: the South American tapir ...

Sometimes history surprises us with unexpected discoveries. In Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), cameras from the State Institute for ...

South American tapirs reappear in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest after 100 years, highlighting the success of conservation efforts.

They’re “extremely well endowed,” says tapir expert Michele Stancer, director of animal care at Utah’s Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. An aroused tapir’s manhood is so “large and ungainly ...

Calgary Zoo says Malayan tapir expecting a calf: ‘Tiny walking watermelons’ The Calgary Zoo is expecting a new addition this summer that it says will look like a little watermelon on four legs.

The Malayan tapir is an "odd-toed" animal, having four toes on each front foot and three toes on the back A rare Malayan tapir, a species which is related to both the horse and the rhinoceros ...

The Marsupial Tapir had a small trunk and a long tongue. It ate plants in the open woodland, probably concentrating on their leaves. Although its trunk is somewhat like that of today's Tapir (a ...

“This pregnancy is a huge win for Malayan tapir conservation,” said Jennifer Godwin, animal care manager at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo. “We’re thrilled to support Sempurna through ...

The tapir is an intriguing mammal whose evolutionary ... The solenodon is a rare and enigmatic animal of the Caribbean. They are nocturnal, insectivores with ... [+] the ability to inject venom ...