Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a ...

Point Defiance Zoo welcomes crowds as Ume, a rare Malayan tapir calf, makes her public debut, boosting conservation efforts with under 50 in North America.

Ume, a spirited three-month-old Malayan tapir calf, will make her first appearance at the Asian Forest Sanctuary. “She’s spicy!” said Telena Welsh, Curator at the zoo’s Asian Forest Sanctuary.

It’s odd, because the photo is as simple as can be, but to me it stands above the rest. It’s the baby Malayan tapir at the Minnesota Zoo. I often think about the day I met her.

Ume, a rare Malayan tapir, just turned one month old at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. With her giant eyes and bright spots, Ume has blown up online as a social media star.

A Malayan tapir calf was born at the Tacoma zoo on Feb. 2. Katie G. Cotterill Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new ...

A Malayan tapir calf was born at the Tacoma zoo on Feb. 2. Katie G. Cotterill Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new ...

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 name.