"With many of us now at different stages in our lives from we when we first began the band, we feel as though now it is a good time to close the curtains on the Tapir! chapter of our lives. We are all ...

IN Japan, the tapir is associated with happy dreams. Known as Baku in Japan, the Malayan tapir is also a mythological creature in the country’s folklore.

In a remarkable turn of events, the South American tapir, once believed extinct in parts of Brazil, has been rediscovered in the Atlantic Forest. After nearly a century, camera traps captured ...

For about two and a half years, Yuna and Baku struggled to get together when they wanted to breed. Ume, a baby Tapir, at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma.

Yuna means kindness and superiority in Japanese, while Baku references a dream-eating creature. The Malayan tapir is the largest of the four tapir species, according to the Tapir Specialist Group.

This baby tapir is the epitome of cuteness. Referred to by the zoo as a “tiny, walking watermelon,” the newborn tapir is thriving alongside its proud parents Yuna and Baku. Despite being less than two ...

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 ...

An endangered baby Malayan tapir was born at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. She’s been named after a fruit.

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 ...