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A rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf was born at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo, the second tapir birth in the zoo’s 120-year history. New strain in Calif. Get the USA TODAY app Start the day ...

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A Devon zoo is preparing to welcome two red-necked wallabies to its mob, after their previous enclosures at an animal park were damaged by a storm. Paignton Zoo said the two "bouncing" young males ...

It’s a girl! Point Defiance Zoo recently welcomed a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf. Her name is Ume, which means plum blossom and apricot in Japanese. The zoo says her keeper staff chose ...

A corner of Devon is set to feel more like the Australian Outback this Spring when Paignton Zoo welcomes two adorable wallabies. Stripe and Pretty Boy are helping to herald the return of one of ...

An endangered baby animal that looks like a fuzzy “walking watermelon” was born at a Washington zoo. The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was born Feb. 2 at Point Defiance Zoo ...

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 ...

A corner of Devon is set to feel more like the Australian Outback this Spring when Paignton Zoo welcomes two adorable wallabies. Stripe and Pretty Boy are helping to herald the return of one of the ...