Tapirs are elusive, herbivorous mammals with distinctive prehensile snouts that inhabit the forests of Central and South ...

Ever since Ume the Malayan tapir was born at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, last month, the baby ...

“The spontaneous return of the tapirs is a sign that the forests of ... of these herbivores — which are the largest terrestrial animal in South America — had last been spotted in Rio de ...

Ume, a rare Malayan tapir, just turned one month old at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. With her giant eyes and ...

“The spontaneous return of the tapirs is a sign that the forests of ... “This demonstrates functional ecological connectivity, as these animals are using natural forest corridors.” ...

The Negeri Sembilan Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) is investigating reports of two tapirs roaming in ...

A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington zoo said. The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was ...

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 ...

“Since 2004, 14 tapirs have been released, comprising both captive-bred and rescued animals,” he said. The centre’s efforts are much needed as tapir numbers are falling in the countr ...

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 ...

A total of 112 Malayan Tapirs were killed by road traffic between 2020 and March 2024, says the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister. Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said the animal is ...

Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including giant armadillos, ancient horses and possibly a new species of tapir.