After 10 years of monitoring these elusive animals, researchers thought they knew what to expect — but not anymore.

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

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

Mochi the mountain tapir-one of only three of the critically endangered creatures in the entire United States-celebrated his ...

With their drooping noses, rotund bodies and vegetarian diets, tapirs are quite a sight. These elusive hoofed mammals are widely considered to be calm and gentle, naturally inclined to run and ...