A 25-year-old Baird’s tapir died this week at the Bergen County Zoo, according to a Facebook post from the zoo. “Tonka” arrived at the zoo in 2003 at the age of 3 and lived five years longer than the ...

Researchers have documented conflict between between a tapir and a dog in Mexico, highlighting the impact of encroaching human settlement on this living fossil species. Tapirs are a living fossil, ...

If you're looking for something that will make you smile, this sweet video that Miller Zoo shared introducing the world to their newest family member will do it. Meet Rosie, an adorable baby tapir ...

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 Bergen County Zoo announced the death of Tonka, a 25-year-old Baird's tapir who has lived at the zoo since 2003.

Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium has a new resident. The zoo’s female endangered Malayan tapir, Yuna, gave birth to a male baby July 12. Tapirs are large herbivores that look similar to a pig ...

Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting one of the largest mammals in South America: the lowland ...

The male Malayan tapir breached his habitat early Tuesday morning but was successfully captured an hour later, the Florida zoo said Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

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 ...