After 10 years of monitoring these elusive animals, researchers thought they knew what to expect — but not anymore.

Mochi the mountain tapir-one of only three of the critically endangered creatures in the entire United States-celebrated his ...

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 ...

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 ...