A “fuzzy watermelon”-looking animal in Washington is winning over the hearts of people on social media. Ume is a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf that was born Feb. 2 at the Point ...

Ever since Ume the Malayan tapir was born at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, last month, the baby animal-loving side of the internet (and let's be honest, that's everybody) ...

With fewer than 800 left in Peninsular Malaysia, the Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) is categorised as an endangered species. With a nickname the “panda of South-East Asia” due to its black and white ...

MIAMI – Zoo Miami is celebrating the birth of an endangered Malayan tapir, marking the first successful birth of the species at the zoo in 18 years, Communications Director Ron Magill confirmed ...

MINNEAPOLIS — For only the second time in 22 years, the Minnesota Zoo has successfully bred an endangered Malayan tapir. The zoo unveiled the striped-and-spotted calf this week, although the 25-pound ...

The male Malayan tapir breached his habitat early Tuesday morning but was successfully captured an hour later, the Florida zoo said Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. --This year, thousands of students from Minnesota are competing in the Minnesota Zoo's "Zooms STEM Design Challenge." About 120 team projects were selected to move on to this ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WSET) -- The Virginia Zoo announced its newst member, a Malayan tapir baby, Luther on Thursday, Feb. 27. The babytapir was bornshortly after 8 p.m. on January 20 to parents Haddie, age 9 ...

With a color pattern resembling a brown watermelon, a rare Malayan tapir was born early Saturday at the Denver Zoo. The female calf Umi, which means "life" in Malayan, was born to mother Rinny and ...