Tapirs are elusive, herbivorous mammals with distinctive prehensile snouts that inhabit the forests of Central and South ...

Despite their size—adult tapirs can weigh up to 700 pounds (320 kg)—these gentle herbivores face numerous threats. Jaguars and pumas are their main natural predators, but the most dangerous ...

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 ...

It was caught on tape-ir. After over a century of being considered regionally extinct, the South American tapir was spotted alive and well in Brazil in footage blowing up online. In January ...

More than a century has passed since the last sighting of a South American tapir, a species previously believed to be extinct, until a recent, surprise sighting was reported in Brazil. Hidden ...

The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was born Feb. 2 at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, the zoo said in a news release. It’s the second time a tapir has been born at the ...

The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was named Ume, the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma wrote in a Feb. 11 Facebook post. In Japanese, Ume means plum blossom and apricot ...