Ume is a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf that was born Feb. 2 at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. Her name means plum blossom and apricot in Japanese. Since then she has ...

A rare Malayan tapir cub — an incredibly endangered species with only about 2,500 left in the world — was recently born at Bioparc Fuengirola Zoo in Malaga, Spain. This marks the first birth of a ...

Ever since Ume the Malayan tapir was born at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, last month, the baby ...