Ume, a rare Malayan tapir, just turned one month old at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. With her giant eyes and ...

Her mother was treated at the Mater Hospital. A tapir is a usually docile creature, which looks like an anteater and is a similar size to a pig. A spokesperson for the zoo said visitor and animal ...

The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was born Feb. 2 at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, the zoo said in a news release. It’s the second time a tapir has been born at the ...

WBZ-TV's Levan Reid checked out the Tropical Forest, where gorillas and tapirs were waking up for the morning. He also watched an anteater being fed.

The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was named Ume, the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma wrote in a Feb. 11 Facebook post. In Japanese, Ume means plum blossom and apricot ...

The refreshed exhibit contains a female capybara. She made her debut in the exhibit on Jan. 22, and has yet to be ...