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 ...

A rare Malayan tapir cub — an incredibly endangered species with only about 2,500 left in the world — was recently born at Bioparc Fuengirola Zoo in Malaga, Spain. This marks the first birth of a ...

It’s the baby Malayan tapir at the Minnesota Zoo. I often think about the day I met her. I was at the zoo to photograph other species, but as I wound down for the day, a couple of the zookeepers ...

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

Here, Bumi, a four-month-old Malayan tapir, cautiously approaches the curious humans gathered outside his enclosure, his snout gently nuzzling his mother Eli’s side. Born on Feb 12, Bumi is the ...

A FURTHER decline in population of the Malayan tapir could pose a serious threat to the country’s natural ecosystem. This warning from wildlife activists and conservationists was made after news ...