Ever since Ume the Malayan tapir was born at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, last month, the baby animal-loving side of the internet (and let's be honest, that's everybody) ...

SINGAPORE — On Sunday (Sept 10) morning, a man cycling along the Punggol Park Connector was overtaken by a most unusual runner: A large Malayan tapir. Mr Pong Posadas, 38, posted a video of the ...

HOUSTON — South America’s Pantanal at the Houston Zoo just got a whole lot cuter after welcoming a baby Baird’s tapir. The female calf was born on July 23 to mom Moli and dad Noah, weighing 18 pounds.

Researchers have documented conflict between between a tapir and a dog in Mexico, highlighting the impact of encroaching human settlement on this living fossil species. Tapirs are a living fossil, ...

Searching for animals in the wild is incredibly difficult. For that reason, anyone joining this “Big Five” tour was advised beforehand: this is not a birding holiday, the focus will be on observing ...

Malayan tapirs can be found in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, and subsist on grass, plants, twigs and low-hanging fruit. Moe’s species is the largest of the four tapir species. Moe was one of ...

The former coalfield of Geiseltal in Saxony-Anhalt has yielded large numbers of exceptionally preserved fossil animals, giving palaeontologists a unique window into the evolution of mammals 47 million ...

BOSTON (CBS) – Staff members at Franklin Park Zoo are preparing for a rare birth sometime this summer. Abby, a Baird's tapir, provided a big surprise when staff performed an ultrasound in December and ...

Update: The classification of Tapirus kabomani as a distinct species was officially contested in 2014. In what will likely be considered one of the biggest (literally) zoological discoveries of the ...

The former coalfield of Geiseltal in Saxony-Anhalt has yielded large numbers of exceptionally preserved fossil animals, giving palaeontologists a unique window into the evolution of mammals 47 million ...