Lowland tapirs grazing on the riverbank ... they take with them the services that sustain human life: food, water, medicine, and the very air we breathe. Today, the Amazon rainforest is on ...

Research conducted in the Amazon forests of Brazil has shown that lowland tapirs facilitate seed dispersal ... young trees that compete for space, water and light: they step on some and consume ...

Vishnu Gopal (India) records the moment a lowland tapir steps cautiously out of the swampy Brazilian rainforest. Finding hoofprints on a forest track near his campsite, Vishnu waited nearby. An hour ...

Jessica Peterson / Getty Images Water rights pertain to the legal rights of property owners to access and use bodies of water adjacent to lands they hold. Different types of water rights exist ...

You don't have to go to Thailand to see pygmy hippos. Mama Cleo, papa Ino, and their son Ptolemy are an adorable family ...

Melbourne Water is planning to "future-proof" forests around the Yarra Ranges to save the lowland Leadbeater's possum from extinction. The water authority has conducted climate modelling ...

Set amid 40 acres of woodlands, the Roger Williams Park Zoo is the third oldest zoo in the U.S. Visitors can see more than 100 animal species including a Komodo dragon, red pandas, snow leopards, ...

The Baird’s tapir has a diet of seeds, fruit or aquatic vegetation, which means that this American mammal will always be found quite close to water. Think of a miniature Sesame Street's Big Bird ...

According to the 2024 Living Planet Report released today by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), where I serve as chief scientist, globally monitored wildlife populations have plummeted by 73% in just 50 years ...