An endangered and rare Malayan tapir calf was born this weekend at Washington’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Only the second tapir birth there in more than a hundred years, the unnamed newborn ...

The South American tapir, one of the largest land mammals on the continent, has resurfaced in the Atlantic Forest for the first time in over a century. Scientists captured footage of not just one but ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (PDZA) welcomed a special new baby to its family in Tacoma over the weekend. A rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf was born there on Sunday, weighing ...

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 & Aquarium ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KXRM) — One of only ...

Ume, a rare Malayan tapir, just turned 1 month old at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. With her giant eyes and bright spots, Ume has blown up online as a social media star. Hopefully you've ...

I received the following email from my grandson Parker, who was on a field trip in Central America: “While walking a trail in Belize after dark, a member of our group spotted a faint eyeshine from ...

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 it ...