A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington ...

An endangered Malayan tapir has been born at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, marking only the second tapir birth in the ...

After a century-long absence, the elusive South American tapir has reemerged, sparking hope and excitement among ...

About half a million years ago, several horses, sloths and armadillos fell into a sinkhole in Florida's Big Bend region and died. The sinkhole filled ...

The world’s largest agricultural boom is transforming a vast savanna of hidden wonders. Here’s what happens when progress ...

I AM the sort of kid who grew up watching nature documentaries,” our jaguar-tracking guide Bruno Sartori tells us. “Now I ...

If he was lucky, Nate would spot one of the biggest packets of meat in the forest—tapirs, with long ... But when he finally sits down to eat his porridge from a metal bowl, he complains that ...

Wherever tapirs live, there lives the hope of tropical forests. This hope comes in the form of a precious package filled with ...

The South American tapir is known as the "gardener of the forest" because the herbivore plays a vital role in the ecosystem, scattering seeds while eating fruits and leaves. Hunting, urbanization, and ...

The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma on Sunday welcomed a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf. It’s the second time a tapir, rare and endangered, has been born at the zoo since ...

Check out this super cute baby Malayan tapir which has been born at a zoo in Washington in America. Keepers say they are "thrilled" by the arrival of the little one, which was born covered in ...

Only the second tapir birth there in more than a hundred years, the unnamed newborn resembles a “fuzzy, walking watermelon.” “Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that tapir Yuna gave ...