Ever since Ume the Malayan tapir was born at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, last month, the baby ...

The Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium has welcomed a new baby, a Malayan tapir, which the zoo describes as a "tiny, walking ...

“Little Ume sports the signature white spots and stripes of a newborn tapir, making her look like a tiny, fuzzy watermelon,” the zoo wrote online. Staff say mom and baby are thriving behind ...

Tigers and monkeys and tapirs, oh my! Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the animal kingdom's most curious youngsters. Sumatran tigersPanthera tigris ...

resulting in this beautiful baby tapir,” she said. Yuna had a healthy pregnancy and didn’t need any help from zoo staff when she gave birth to Ume around 7 p.m. on Feb. 2. "She's the type of ...

Baird’s tapirs are born with camouflage that hides them while their mothers are foraging for food, the zoo said. In the zoo’s video, the baby explores the area. She has a brown coat with white ...

open image in gallery An endangered Malayan tapir calf was just born at Washington’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. The baby marks the second birth in more than a century at the zoo (Point ...

Check out this super cute baby Malayan tapir which has been born at a zoo in Washington in America. Keepers say they are "thrilled" by the arrival of the little one, which was born covered in ...

A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington zoo said. The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was ...

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 ...