The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium welcomed enthusiastic crowds Friday as Ume, a three-month-old Malayan tapir calf, made her ...

There are less than 50 Malayan tapirs in North America, and Ume is the second one born at the Tacoma zoo.

Ume, a Malayan tapir calf, will make her debut Friday, May 16, at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, the zoo said in a news release. Visitors can see her in the Asian Forest Sanctuary as she ...

The trail cameras captured other elusive species including tapirs and wild elephants ... a rare sighting of the critically endangered Malayan tiger and several other elusive species in a forest ...

There are four tapir species, the Baird's tapir, Malayan tapir, Brazilian tapir ... Tapirs have a flexible prehensile nose. It functions like a trunk that helps them to grab branches, fruits, and ...

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said his ministry has carried out numerous initiatives to address the decline in the number of Malayan tapirs. (Instagram pic) A total of 112 Malayan tapirs were killed in road ...

HULU SELANGOR, April 26 (Bernama) -- A total of 112 Malayan tapirs were killed in road accidents nationwide between 2020 and last year. Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability, ...

A total of 112 Malayan tapirs were killed in road accidents nationwide between 2020 and last year. Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said the latest ...

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 ...

Ume, a rare Malayan tapir, just turned 1 month old at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. With her giant eyes and bright spots, Ume has blown up online as a social media star. Hopefully ...

In January, concealed cameras captured not one, but three of the trunk-toting rhinoceros ... of four species of tapir alongside the Baird’s tapir, mountain tapir and Malayan tapir, all of ...