On Oct. 31, the zoo introduced a baby female Baird’s tapir as a part of its exhibits. The tapir named “Sandía” was born on Sept. 1 after a 13-month gestation. Sandía is the child of the ...

They’re “extremely well endowed,” says tapir expert Michele Stancer, director of animal care at Utah’s Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. An aroused tapir’s manhood is so “large and ungainly ...

I received the following email from my grandson Parker who was on a field trip in Central America: “While walking a trail in ...

Keepers at a safari park say one of their most popular residents, a female tapir, has died. Jessie lived at Longleat in Wiltshire, and lived to the age of 28, a normal lifespan for the species.

The following was released by Cleco: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Cleco employees helped the staff at the Alexandria Zoo get in the holiday spirit by decorating the property for Zoo Boo and Holiday Light ...

Zoo Miami has announced the birth of a Malayan tapir, an endangered species recognizable by its pig-like appearance and elephant-like snout. According to the zoo, the calf was born on September 16 ...

The Malayan tapir is an "odd-toed" animal, having four toes on each front foot and three toes on the back A rare Malayan tapir, a species which is related to both the horse and the rhinoceros, has ...

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is expecting the birth of an endangered Malayan tapir calf. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the number of tapirs is decreasing in the ...

Other points of interest include Alexandria Zoological Park and Cotlie Lake and Indian Creek Recreational Areas. a - Value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough ...

An elementary school in Alexandria will be closed through Tuesday and the city health department is recommending that students, faculty and staff get blood tests after officials said lead was ...

Director of animal and plants at Chester Zoo, Mike Jordan, said the Malayan tapir was "under enormous pressure" because its numbers had "crashed" over four decades to "frighteningly low levels ...