Tigers and monkeys and tapirs, oh my! Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the ...

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

It’s a girl! Point Defiance Zoo recently welcomed a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf. Her name is Ume, which means plum blossom and apricot in Japanese. The zoo says her keeper staff chose ...

Adorable video from Peak Wildlife Park shows two super-cute Tapirs enjoy their relaxing spa treatment. Watch the adorable ...

The San Diego Zoo has announced that female Baird’s tapir Luna gave birth to a female calf in early June — and the baby needs a name. The prehensile-nosed calf and her mother can now be seen ...

Ume, a rare Malayan tapir, just turned 1 month old at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. With her giant eyes and bright spots, Ume has blown up online as a social media star. Hopefully ...

A one-month-old tapir calf enjoyed snacking and splashing in her pool on Wednesday, March 26, footage shows.Point Defiance ...

This story appears in the October 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Perissodactyla, roughly translated, means “odd number of toes.” It’s the order of mammals that includes rhinos ...

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland has released the first pictures of a rare Malayan tapir born at Edinburgh Zoo. The male calf, which has not yet been named, was born to mother Sayang and ...

Adorable video from Peak Wildlife Park in north Staffordshire shows two super-cute tapirs enjoy their relaxing spa treatment.