Mother and calf make an adorable pair, nuzzling noses together. The newest addition to Brookfield Zoo - a South American tapir calf - has been enjoying some behind-the-scenes bonding time with mom.

The Brookfield Zoo in Illinois welcomed a South American Tapir calf. In case you are wondering what exactly a tapir is -- it is a pachyderm that is closely related to the horse and rhinoceros. The ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (CBS) — Guests of Brookfield Zoo will now be able to see a South American tapir calf in his outdoor habitat located on the north side of Pachyderm House. The calf turned 2-months-old ...

Somewhere within the American Museum of Natural History in New York City lies the partial skull and skin of a young adult male tapir, item number 36661, collected by former president Theodore ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Latin America's largest land mammal, the tapir, is thriving in a network of remote national parks spanning the Peru-Bolivia border, conservationists report. The Wildlife ...

PHOENIX — The Wildlife World Zoo has a new resident to look after with the birth of a rare South American Tapir. The newborn calf is receiving around-the-clock care by veterinary staff at the ...

Researchers have documented conflict between between a tapir and a dog in Mexico, highlighting the impact of encroaching human settlement on this living fossil species. Tapirs are a living fossil, ...

Wildlife continues to amaze scientists. A new rare wild jaguar in Arizona got experts excited, renewing hope for the species. The world's most dangerous shark was also found in the U.S. We can add ...

In January 2025, a truly remarkable event unfolded in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: the South American tapir, a mammal thought to have disappeared from the region more than a century ago, was spotted ...

The Amazon rain forest is under threat. Fragmentation, fires and climate change are just a few of the hazards. In natural, intact forests, animals that eat fruits help to keep the forest in a constant ...

In a remarkable turn of events, the South American tapir, once believed extinct in parts of Brazil, has been rediscovered in the Atlantic Forest. After nearly a century, camera traps captured images ...

A female South American tapir is seen with its baby in Shanghai Zoo, east China's Shanghai, Oct. 9, 2020. The baby tapir was born on Sept. 8 in the zoo. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong) A female South American ...