The Central American tapir is large. In fact, it’s the largest terrestrial mammal in the Neotropics. These animals can weigh up to 300 kilograms and the Bribri people of Costa Rica believe that a ...

NORFOLK, Va. - The Virginia Zoo has welcomed its first-ever Malayan tapir baby who was born shortly after 8 p.m. on January 20! The male calf was named “Luther” by his Zoo Keepers for the holiday he ...

(CN) – A new study paints the picture of an extinct 2,200-pound marsupial tapir that roamed the Australian continent for the last 25 million years and was unlike any living mammal previously studied.

SINGAPORE — On Sunday (Sept 10) morning, a man cycling along the Punggol Park Connector was overtaken by a most unusual runner: A large Malayan tapir. Mr Pong Posadas, 38, posted a video of the ...

What is a tapir? From where it lives to what it eats, here's everything you need to know about this endangered species and the critical conservation efforts to save them. Imagine an ancient mammal ...

In Costa Rica, a land of mostly small creatures, a giant lurks in the shadows. Costa Rica is not Africa, where a huge number of species pack more bulk than a full-grown man. Most of Costa Rica’s ...

One of the strangest-looking mammals living today is the tapir, a visual hodgepodge of an elephant and a wild hog. In fact, the Thai word for tapir is "P'som-sett," which means "mixture is finished" ...