The tapir is an unusual animal with a long history. It’s hard to miss, thanks to its stocky body and distinctive trunk-like snout. Even though tapirs live on land, your best bet for finding one ...

The tapir is an unusual animal with a long history. It’s hard to miss, thanks to its stocky body and distinctive trunk-like snout. Even though tapirs live on land, your best bet for finding one ...

“Fossils deposited in hot, dry and arid places, such as large parts of Australia, lose their collagen very early…. The major challenge [has been] discovering bones that contain [enough] collagen to ...

"With many of us now at different stages in our lives from we when we first began the band, we feel as though now it is a good time to close the curtains on the Tapir! chapter of our lives. We are all ...

Point Defiance Zoo welcomes crowds as Ume, a rare Malayan tapir calf, makes her public debut, boosting conservation efforts with under 50 in North America.

In a remarkable turn of events, the South American tapir, once believed extinct in parts of Brazil, has been rediscovered in the Atlantic Forest. After nearly a century, camera traps captured ...

World Tapir Day is observed every year on April 27 to raise awareness about tapirs, one of the world's most unique and ancient animals. In 2025, World Tapir Day will again remind people why it is ...

Baird’s tapirs seen chasing each other during a fight in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in May 2024. Photo from Reyna-Hurtado, Huerta-Rodríguez and Rojas-Flores (2025) ...

“It gave us more clues into the fact that the anatomy kind of trailed behind the size increase,” Narducci said in the release. “They got bigger before the shape of their bones changed.” Fossils from ...

Around 500,000 years ago, some horses, sloths, and armadillos had a very bad day—they fell into a sinkhole in what is now Florida and remained there until two men discovered their bones in 2022 ...