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

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

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 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 ...

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 ...