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) ...

An endangered baby animal that looks like a fuzzy “walking watermelon” was born at a Washington zoo. The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was born Feb. 2 at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium ...

TAMPA, Fla. — An endangered Malayan tapir calf was born at ZooTampa earlier this week. Its 18-year-old mother, Ubi, was pregnant for 13 months before giving birth during the overnight hours between ...

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 ...

Florida welcomed one unique-looking baby animal on Tuesday morning when an endangered Malayan tapir was born, ZooTampa announced Friday. The Malayan tapir is an endangered species, according to the ...

ZooTampa at Lowry Park said on Facebook that the baby Malayan tapir is the first spring baby born at the zoo. “Our baby girl is busy bonding and nursing alongside experienced mother, 18-year-old Ubi.

We revealed major news last week as the largest continental mammal resurfaced more than 100 years later. The South American tapir hasn't been seen in over 100 years in the Atlantic forest. Its ...

The male Malayan tapir breached his habitat early Tuesday morning but was successfully captured an hour later, the Florida zoo said Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma on Sunday welcomed a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf. It’s the second time a tapir, rare and endangered, has been born at the zoo since it ...