Contessa and Tupi are the proud parents of a Baird’s tapir male calf, Reid Park Zoo announced Thursday. The calf was born Nov. 9 at 9:03 p.m. and he weighed 25 pounds, according to a news release.

After years of dismissing photo-mode camera traps, a wildlife photographer in Costa Rica discovers the power of DSLR traps ...

Contessa and Tupi are the proud parents of a Baird's tapir male calf, Reid Park Zoo announced Thursday. The calf was born Nov. 9 at 9:03 p.m. and he weighed 25 pounds, according to a news release.

When you think of a trunked animal, you may think of the anteater or elephant. However, there's another species of trunked animal in the Americas and Asia.

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 ...

The Baird’s Tapir, Central America’s largest land mammal, roams the rainforest floors of Costa Rica. Resembling a cross between a pig and an elephant in appearance, these gentle herbivores play a ...

Tapir Living Fossils of the Rainforest Baird’s tapir. Image by Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Tapirs (Tapirus spp.) may appear ...

It’s a haven for predators like jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor), and threatened species like Baird’s tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) and harpy eagles (Harpia harpyja), among ...

On the ground floor of Chinatown’s Four Points, LaGula — from the team behind The Hungry Tapir — is rewriting the rules of what a vegan eatery can be: part brun ...