Newquay Zoo has welcomed the first tapir born in the UK this year to its park. The baby, which hasn’t yet been given a name, was born on Mother’s Day (March 11) and has already started to eat solid ...

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If you're looking for something that will make you smile, this sweet video that Miller Zoo shared introducing the world to their newest family member will do it. Meet Rosie, an adorable baby tapir ...

A five-week-old baby Tapir named Kejutan has made his first appearance at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park near Ashford, Kent. Tapirs are forest-dwellers who use their prehensile snouts to browse on ...

What’s white and brown and adorable all over? The new Brazilian tapir calf born earlier this month at the Dublin Zoo! The male calf is the first baby born to mom Rio. Like all tapir calves, the baby ...

It's always so joyous and exciting when an endangered animal is born, and nothing could be cuter than the one born on Sunday, February 2 at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. The zoo ...

We're a sucker for cute pictures of adorable animals, including the latest member of the Houston Zoo's family, a baby Baird's tapir. Officials announced that the new female was born at the zoo in ...

The Houston Zoo is showing off its newest resident: a cute little male Baird’s tapir born last weekend. He is the first tapir born at the Houston Zoo and the first baby for mother Moli and dad Noah.

Watch the adorable moment when two of the tapirs get a gentle brush-down - and appear to be totally blissed-out! The video, shared on Peak Wildlife Park's Facebook page, shows Tia and George enjoying ...

Tapirs are very charismatic, yet not many people know much about these species. Evolutionarily, tapirs represent a unique taxonomic group; they have retained most of their prehistoric anatomical ...