An endangered Malayan tapir has been born at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, marking only the second tapir birth in the zoo's 120-year history.

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

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium celebrated the birth of a rare and endangered Malayan Tapir calf. The calf is bonding with its mother behind the scenes, and zoo visitors could expect to see it by ...

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 ...

Ume is a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf that was born Feb. 2 at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. Her name means plum blossom and apricot in Japanese. Since then she has ...

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 ...

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

Cinta’s arrival at Dickerson Park Zoo is based on the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Malayan Tiger Species Survival Plan ...