SINGAPORE — On Sunday (Sept 10) morning, a man cycling along the Punggol Park Connector was overtaken by a most unusual runner: A large Malayan tapir. Mr Pong Posadas, 38, posted a video of the ...

Researchers have documented conflict between between a tapir and a dog in Mexico, highlighting the impact of encroaching human settlement on this living fossil species. Tapirs are a living fossil, ...

It hasn't been spotted in the Atlantic Forest for over 100 years. Hidden trail cameras capture footage of South America's ...

Update: The classification of Tapirus kabomani as a distinct species was officially contested in 2014. In what will likely be considered one of the biggest (literally) zoological discoveries of the ...

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) ...

A baby Baird’s tapir was born Sept. 1 at the Metro Richmond Zoo, according to a Facebook post. Screengrab from Metro Richmond Zoo Facebook page A baby animal with an elephant-like trunk is calling a ...

One of the tigers that arrived in the Alipore zoo from Bengal Safari in Siliguri; The Malayan tapir in the zoo The Telegraph A pair of tigers and a Malayan tapir, a herbivore native to Thailand, ...