The San Diego Zoo has announced that female Baird’s tapir Luna gave birth to a female ... calf and her mother can now be seen sharing a space with the capybaras at the Elephant Odyssey exhibit.

Here is our tapir coloring page! Isn’t it so cute looking. This tapir coloring sheet has a lot of open space, so it’s perfect ...

sharing space with the capybaras, zoo officials said in a June 25 news release. The calf, who is not yet named, has the distinct markings of a typical newborn Baird’s tapir, according to the zoo.

Photo from Reyna-Hurtado, Huerta-Rodríguez and Rojas-Flores (2025) Researchers aren’t sure if the tapir’s aggressive behavior continued, because their trail camera ran out of space on May 13 ...

Tapirs are rare with fewer than 50 in the United ... "She shows her what to do but she gives her space,” Pritchard said. “She'll let her sleep a little bit farther away from her some nights ...

It was caught on tape-ir. After over a century of being considered regionally extinct, the South American tapir was spotted alive and well in Brazil in footage blowing up online. In January ...

World Tapir Day is observed every year on April 27 to raise awareness about tapirs, one of the world's most unique and ancient animals. In 2025, World Tapir Day will again remind people why it is ...