Cofan is “a big love bug,” says Cheyenne Mountain Zoo lead animal keeper Michelle Salido. Carlotta and Cofan are the sweet old couple who live down the block. Only the pair are mountain tapir, and ...

The tapir is an unusual animal with a long history. It’s hard to miss, thanks to its stocky body and distinctive trunk-like snout. Even though tapirs live on land, your best bet for finding one is to ...

Four other species of tapirs are found in the Amazon and in Southeast Asia, but a new one hasn't been discovered since 1865. The new tapir, dubbed Tapirus kabomani, is the smallest of the bunch but ...

Ever since Ume the Malayan tapir was born at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, last month, the baby animal-loving side of the internet (and let's be honest, that's everybody) ...

Tupi, a Baird's tapir, was born April 11, 2006, at the Miami Metrozoo. The zookeepers at Metrozoo named Tupi after the Tupis tribe from the Amazon. He moved to Reid Park Zoo just last month. To help ...

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 ...

We're a sucker for cute pictures of adorable animals, including the latest member of the Houston Zoo's family, a baby Baird's tapir. Officials announced that the new female was born at the zoo in ...

Over 14,000 lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), also known as Brazilian tapirs, roam an Amazonian landscape across Bolivia and Peru, according to new research by scientists with the Wildlife ...

The Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) may get a bad rap in Brazil, where referring to someone as a “tapir” essentially equates to calling them an “ass,” but history has shown that this species is ...