The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have ...

Tapirs are often called “living fossils” because they have changed very little since the Eocene Epoch, which was between 56 ...

White House reporters who covered the Biden administration are speaking out about whether they were duped into thinking the president was mentally fit for office and if West Wing staffers ...

Tapirs are herbivores and have long and flexible noses for snagging leaves and fruit, the zoo said. Advertising When they are babies, they are born with white stripes and dots to blend in with ...

Tapirs are herbivores and have long and flexible noses for snagging leaves and fruit, the zoo said. When they are babies, they are born with white stripes and dots to blend in with their environment.

While adult tapirs have white backs and rumps with black heads, shoulders, and legs, the young are speckled, better to blend in with the shifting light of their habitat. Indian ...

Malayan tapirs are born with dark brown fur featuring white stripes and spots, providing camouflage from predators. As they mature, their fur gradually transitions to a black-and-white pattern, ...

Ume is a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf that was born Feb. 2 at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. Her name means plum blossom and apricot in Japanese. Since then she has ...

A baby tapirs have brown fur with white stripes, similar to that of a fawn, to help them blend into the rain forest floor. However, their babies' white stripes fade over time as the calves mature.