The zoo shared a video of the endangered tapir calf “mouthing” at hay in her enclosure. This latest video prompted nearly 200 ...

A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington zoo said. The white striped and speckled Malayan t ...

Zoo officials said the tapir is endangered due to disappearing forests, farms, logging and being hunted by humans. Helena Wegner is a McClatchy National Real-Time Reporter covering the state of ...

It’s the second time a tapir, rare and endangered ... alone but may live in a pair. Zoo officials said the tapir is endangered due to disappearing forests, farms, logging and being hunted ...