The tapir, South America's largest land mammal, plays a key role in maintaining the biodiversity of forests and wetlands. Conservation biologist Patrícia Medici works to protect this elusive species.

A British zoo announced the birth of a rare Malayan tapir, ... Firefighters in Australia came to the rescue of a wayward dog who found his way into a 26-foot-deep mine shaft.

In the reserve, tapirs have gone from being tame captive animals to free and elusive tapirs in the wild. There are also matings and one of the females gave birth a year ago to an offspring after 14 ...

“Tapirs have visited Singapore in 1986, 2016 and 2023. For the first time, we have observations of one that stayed and ate,” Chua said in the post. The Malayan tapir seen eating on Pulau Ubin ...

Luna, a Baird’s tapir at the San Diego Zoo, is a new mom. In a video recently released by the zoo, Luna follows her curious calf — a female, born June 3 — as she explores her habitat.

Tapirs are often called “living fossils” because they have changed very little since the Eocene Epoch, which was between 56 and 33.9 million years ago.

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 ...

The culprit was a Malayan tapir. According to zoo officials, some maintenance machinery startled the animal, which caused it to jump out of its exhibit, Tuesday morning. Crews quickly contained ...

A “fuzzy watermelon”-looking animal in Washington is winning over the hearts of people on social media. Ume is a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf that was born Feb. 2 at the Point ...

While they resemble pigs with trunks, tapirs are related to horses and rhinoceroses. The last time it was seen goes back to 1914, but its recent resurgence has made local Brazilians happy.