An endangered Malayan tapir was born at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. The zoo says the calf, whose name and sex have not yet been announced, is healthy. Starmer backs ...

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

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

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

It was caught on tape-ir. After over a century of being considered regionally extinct, the South American tapir was spotted alive and well in Brazil in footage blowing up online. In January ...

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 ...