Your chance to see Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium's newest resident is almost here! On Friday, visitors will see Ume, the Malayan Tapir calf, for the first time.

Deep in the emerald shadows of Southeast Asia, a creature as ancient as the rainforests themselves quietly forages through ...

What is a Baird’s tapir? Baird’s tapirs are large, long-nosed mammals that may look like they’re relatives of elephants, but they're actually closer kin to horses, donkeys, zebras ...

It’s the order of mammals that includes rhinos (three toes), horses (one hoofed toe), and tapirs (three toes in back and four toes in front). Extra toes are an evolutionary advantage that helps ...

In a remarkable turn of events, the South American tapir, once believed extinct in parts of Brazil, has been rediscovered in the Atlantic Forest. After nearly a century, camera traps captured ...

Black and White – Malayan Tapir, hopes to apply an encyclopedic narrative style to deal with the equality between people and non-humans, man and nature, and to explore the changes in the way ...

It was 2019 and there was no Peruvian who did not repeat the viral phrase “What are you going to know you pe, mascot”, created by Oliver Ramos, popularly known as Tapir 590. This eccentric ...

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said his ministry has carried out numerous initiatives to address the decline in the number of Malayan tapirs. (Instagram pic) A total of 112 Malayan tapirs were killed in road ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Colorado Springs' Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) is celebrating World Tapir Day on April 27th by inviting visitors to meet Mochi, the mountain tapir. Zoo guests can ...

Malayan tapirs are born with dark brown fur featuring white stripes and spots, providing camouflage from predators. As they mature, their fur gradually transitions to a black-and-white pattern, ...

HULU SELANGOR: A total of 112 Malayan tapirs have been killed in road accidents nationwide from 2020 to 2024. Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said ...