A zoo in the United Kingdom is mourning the loss of an unlikely pair. Inseparable zoo friends, a tapir and a capybara, passed ...

The tapir is an unusual animal with a long history. It’s hard to miss, thanks to its stocky body and distinctive trunk-like snout. Even though tapirs live on land, your best bet for finding one is to ...

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

Researchers have documented conflict between between a tapir and a dog in Mexico, highlighting the impact of encroaching human settlement on this living fossil species. Tapirs are a living fossil, ...

A 25-year-old Baird’s tapir died this week at the Bergen County Zoo, according to a Facebook post from the zoo. “Tonka” arrived at the zoo in 2003 at the age of 3 and lived five years longer than the ...

Tapirs love to dive into the water, where they’ll use their snout as a snorkel. There, they can evade jaguars, eat aquatic plants and wash off ticks. From the ...