A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington ...

After over a century of being considered regionally extinct, this ecological “unicorn” was spotted alive and well in the ...

Keepers say they are "thrilled" by the arrival of the little one, which was born covered in unique white spots and stripes.

TACOMA, Wash. — It’s a girl! Point Defiance Zoo recently welcomed a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf. Her name is Ume, ...

The Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium has welcomed a new baby, a Malayan tapir, which the zoo describes as a "tiny, walking watermelon." The squeaky baby looks more like a tiny alien to me, but either ...

An endangered baby animal that looks like a fuzzy “walking watermelon” was born at a Washington zoo. The white striped and ...

Well, this week’s cuteness was going to be about the Puppy Bowl coinciding with the recent Superb Owl, but then Point ...

After mother and baby have had time to bond ... According to the zoo, tapir calves usually nurse for about six months and stay with their mothers for 12 to 18 months. Their gestation period ...

The 20-pound baby girl was born Feb. 2, making her the second tapir to be born at the zoo in its 120-year history, McClatchy News reported. “Mom and baby are thriving behind the scenes ...

“Little Ume sports the signature white spots and stripes of a newborn tapir, making her look like a tiny, fuzzy watermelon,” the zoo wrote online. Staff say mom and baby are thriving behind ...

It’s the second time a tapir, rare and endangered, has been born at the zoo since it opened 120 years ago, zoo officials said ...