A resident of the Calgary Zoo is expecting, and zoo staff say the baby is going to look like a “tiny, walking watermelon.” Sempurna, the zoo’s four-year-old Malayan tapir, is set to give ...

A female Malayan tapir named Sempurna is seen at the Calgary zoo, in Calgary, in a Jan. 9 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, *MANDATORY CREDIT* CALGARY — The ...

It’s a girl! Point Defiance Zoo recently welcomed a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf. Her name is Ume, which means plum blossom and apricot in Japanese. The zoo says her keeper staff chose ...

Two young orphaned cougars were taken in by the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo on the weekend. The cougar kittens will stay temporarily with the animal care, health and welfare team at the zoo ...

The red panda pack — consisting of six-year-old Linus, five-year-old Udaya and their male offspring, one-year-old Anshu — are among residents of the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo that will get ...