A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington ...

Yuna means kindness and superiority in Japanese, while Baku references a dream-eating creature. The Malayan tapir is the largest of the four tapir species, according to the Tapir Specialist Group.

After a century-long absence, the elusive South American tapir has reemerged, sparking hope and excitement among ...

Fossil collectors in Florida have discovered an ancient sinkhole, now at the bottom of a river, which holds the remains of animals rarely seen in the state, including a type of giant armadillo, giant ...

Paddington's in Peru! Here's what to pack and what to expect for your Amazon River cruise in Peru (and why you might not want ...

The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...

Officials at Zoo Knoxville in Tennessee are mourning the loss of their most beloved southern white rhinoceros, Dolly, after ...

If he was lucky, Nate would spot one of the biggest packets of meat in the forest—tapirs, with long ... But when he finally sits down to eat his porridge from a metal bowl, he complains that ...

According to One Earth, "Malayan tapirs eat more than 115 species of leaves, shoots, and fruit. With their pruning of the forest and seeds found in their droppings, tapirs act as gardeners of their ...