Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 25-year-old Baird's tapir died this week at the Bergen County Zoo, according to a Facebook post from the zoo. "Tonka" arrived at ...

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 ...

Thirteen tapirs lounge in the bushes of Ticuantepe Zoo, in eastern Nicaragua, their bellies plump with leaves and fruit—blissfully unaware of the peril faced by their kind. The largest land mammals in ...

DENVER — The new Malayan tapir calf is starting to venture into his outdoor space at the Denver Zoo and can be seen by guests. The tapir, named Baku (BAH-koo), was born April 29 and has kept close to ...

The decision followed an age-related health decline in both animals Two longtime animal residents at an English zoo were euthanized on the same day, after zoo officials made what they described as a ...

Thanks to her 6-year-old grandson, Janet Klein of Homer recently hosted a few interesting house guests. Five experts on ancient creatures slept in Klein's Homer house last month as they searched local ...

A 25-year-old Baird’s tapir died this week at the Bergen County Zoo, according to a Facebook post from the zoo. “Tonka” arrived at the zoo in 2003 at the age of 3 and lived five years longer than the ...