Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Woodland Park Zoo has welcomed a new male Malayan tapir named Tuah, who arrived from the Minnesota Zoo as part of a survival ...

With their drooping noses, rotund bodies and vegetarian diets, tapirs are quite a sight. These elusive hoofed mammals are widely considered to be calm and gentle, naturally inclined to run and hide ...

This first baby of the new year weighed more than 14 pounds and had a full head of brown- and cream-colored hair. And a body covered in it, too. At least that’s the description of the Reid Park Zoo’s ...

A Washington zoo is saying goodbye to its last Malayan tapir before she moves to a new home in California, officials said. Ulan, the “prehistoric-looking” mammal, came to the Woodland Park Zoo in ...