The tapir is an unusual animal with a long history. It’s hard to miss, thanks to its stocky body and distinctive trunk-like ...

Tapirs are related to horses and rhinos. They have stocky, barrel-shaped bodies, tough skin, and bristly hair. Their most distinctive feature is their prehensile trunk, which works much like an ...

When you think of a trunked animal, you may think of the anteater or elephant. However, there's another species of trunked ...

Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital function also disappeared: ...

Wondering which animals are in the Ice Age movie? Keep reading to learn what these animals are called in real life.

Ten thousand years after mastodons disappeared, scientists have unearthed powerful fossil evidence proving these elephant ...

New fossil evidence shows that South America’s extinct mastodons were vital seed dispersers, and their loss still haunts ...

A study with the involvement of the UAB, IPHES-CERCA and URV, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, provides for the first ...

The best time to visit Costa Rica is the dry season because the weather is more stable, but the country’s natural riches ...