After over a century of being considered regionally extinct, this ecological “unicorn” was spotted alive and well in the ...

Tengrinews.kz - For over a century, scientists believed that the South American tapir had completely disappeared from the ...

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 the ...

Wherever tapirs live, there lives the hope of tropical forests. This hope comes in the form of a precious package filled with ...

Music superstar Seal says he doesn't take himself too seriously, so parodying his huge hit "Kiss from a Rose" for a new ...

They shined a flashlight toward the noise and saw a Malayan tapir foraging for food. The Malayan tapir seen at Si Phang Nga National Park. Screengrab from Facebook video shared by Si Phang Nga ...

Image by Miroslav_1 via Depositphotos There are four recognized species of tapirs: Baird’s tapir, Mountain tapir, Malayan tapir, and Brazilian tapir. The Malayan tapir is the largest, and the Mountain ...

Tapirs might be one of the largest land mammals in South America clocking in at an impressive 300 kilograms (661 pounds), but they have been noticeably absent from a region in Brazil for over 100 ...

Native Alaskan language scholars say the name Denali had been used by Indigenous people for thousands of years for the tallest mountain in North America, found in Alaska. The mountain’s name ...