This is the tapir, a fascinating creator that has roamed Earth for tens of millions of years. With their strange prehensile snouts, sturdy bodies, and curious behaviors, tapirs have long intrigued ...

Camera trap photo of a tapir and a domestic dog in southern Mexico. Researchers have documented conflict between between a tapir and a dog in Mexico, highlighting the impact of encroaching human ...

Tapirs might look unusual, but that’s because they’ve barely changed since the Ice Age. In this episode, we take a closer look at these ancient herbivores - part pig, part elephant ...

The Malayan tapir, with its striking black-and-white coat and gentle demeanor, seems almost to belong to a world of myth and dreams. Yet, this living fossil now faces a harsh modern reality ...

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 ...

It’s the order of mammals that includes rhinos (three toes), horses (one hoofed toe), and tapirs (three toes in back and four toes in front). Extra toes are an evolutionary advantage that helps ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Despite being listed as vulnerable by the IUCN, tapirs are still hunted in Suriname, the only country in the region where tapir hunting is ...

You can paste it directly into the WYSIWYG editor of your site. September 7, 2016 — Esteban Brenes-Mora has been obsessed with tapirs — large, pig-like jungle dwellers — for as long as he can remember ...

Amazingly it was a humongous Baird’s tapir, rivaling the size of a small cow. The tapir appeared curious at our presence and approached within 15 feet of us as we stood, not moving. After ...

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 ...

Here, Bumi, a four-month-old Malayan tapir, cautiously approaches the curious humans gathered outside his enclosure, his snout gently nuzzling his mother Eli’s side. Born on Feb 12, Bumi is the ...