Shortly after 10 a.m. Friday, Carlotta, a mountain tapir, strolled into her new home at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. The 21-year-old female, native to South America, sniffed around a bit in her remodeled ...

A Washington zoo is saying goodbye to its last Malayan tapir before she moves to a new home in California, officials said. Ulan, the “prehistoric-looking” mammal, came to the Woodland Park Zoo in ...

You can’t mistake an Asian tapir for anything else: for one thing, it’s the only tapir on the continent; for another, it’s distinct black-and-white blocky markings distinguishes it from any other ...

Over 14,000 lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), also known as Brazilian tapirs, roam an Amazonian landscape across Bolivia and Peru, according to new research by scientists with the Wildlife ...

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. --This year, thousands of students from Minnesota are competing in the Minnesota Zoo's "Zooms STEM Design Challenge." About 120 team projects were selected to move on to this ...

Woodland Park Zoo will soon bid farewell to its last remaining Malayan tapir, a 12-year-old female named Ulan, who will be relocated to Fresno Chaffee Zoo at the end of this month, according to zoo ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Rinny and Benny move into their new digs next year, they’ll take a little piece of history with them. No, tapirs — like Rinny and Benny — don’t ...

Three-year-old Baird's tapir, lxchel, gave birth to her first offspring on July 2, the Zoo said in a press release. The animal is similar to deer fawns, with calves marked with "watermelon-like" white ...

Meet Rosie, a baby tapir and the newest member of the Miller Zoo family. Rosie was born on August 21 and got to enjoy her first day outside, exploring the world with her mom, at the end of September, ...

With fewer than 800 left in Peninsular Malaysia, the Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) is categorised as an endangered species. With a nickname the “panda of South-East Asia” due to its black and white ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A tiny frog with an impressive snout has been discovered in the ...

The Ramat Gan Safari Park is celebrating the first male tapir ever born within its territory. The birth took place on the night between Friday and Saturday. The mother, Passiflora, gave birth to her ...