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If you're looking for something that will make you smile, this sweet video that Miller Zoo shared introducing the world to their newest family member will do it. Meet Rosie, an adorable baby tapir ...

It's always so joyous and exciting when an endangered animal is born, and nothing could be cuter than the one born on Sunday, February 2 at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. The zoo ...

Newquay Zoo has welcomed the first tapir born in the UK this year to its park. The baby, which hasn’t yet been given a name, was born on Mother’s Day (March 11) and has already started to eat solid ...

Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released immediately from ICE custody A search is resuming for the MH370 plane that ...

World Tapir Day (WTD) occurs every 27 April to highlight tapirs – long-snouted herbivorous mammals, species of which can be found in South America, Central America and South East Asia. The WTD ...

What’s white and brown and adorable all over? The new Brazilian tapir calf born earlier this month at the Dublin Zoo! The male calf is the first baby born to mom Rio. Like all tapir calves, the baby ...

The Houston Zoo is showing off its newest resident: a cute little male Baird’s tapir born last weekend. He is the first tapir born at the Houston Zoo and the first baby for mother Moli and dad Noah.

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 ...

A five-week-old baby Tapir named Kejutan has made his first appearance at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park near Ashford, Kent. Tapirs are forest-dwellers who use their prehensile snouts to browse on ...