Adult tapirs, with their large size, bristly hair, tough skin, and powerful kicks, are much less appealing to predators. The post Tapirs Have Survived Since the Eocene Thanks to This Clever Trick ...

She's beauty, she's grace - Grace the Tapir, that is. The Zoo's newest animal addition was rescued from a forest fire, treated by the Belize Wildlife and Referral Clinic, and then taken to her new ...

Contessa and Tupi are the proud parents of a Baird's tapir male calf, Reid Park Zoo announced Thursday. The calf was born Nov. 9 at 9:03 p.m. and he weighed 25 pounds, according to a news release.

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 ...

It's a girl! Baby Ume is only the second tapir born in the Point Defiance Zoo's 120 year history.

Check out this super cute baby Malayan tapir which has been born at a zoo in Washington in America. Keepers say they are "thrilled" by the arrival of the little one, which was born covered in ...

A rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf was born at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington on Sunday 2 February, only the second tapir birth in the zoo's 120-year history. The newborn is ...

An endangered Malayan tapir calf was just born at Washington’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. The baby marks the second birth in more than a century at the zoo (Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium) ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (PDZA) welcomed a special new baby to its family in Tacoma over the weekend. A rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf was born there on Sunday ...

Zoo expecting new baby tapir this summer, marking a 'huge win' for conservation efforts 'Seeing that little heartbeat the other day on the ultrasound was super exciting for us ... It's becoming real' ...

Basic advice for observing a tapir: Although they are herbivores, they have big teeth and will bite. If you see a female tapir with a baby, don’t try to cuddle either of them.