Mother and calf make an adorable pair, nuzzling noses together. The newest addition to Brookfield Zoo - a South American tapir calf - has been enjoying some behind-the-scenes bonding time with mom.

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 ...

PHOENIX — The Wildlife World Zoo has a new resident to look after with the birth of a rare South American Tapir. The newborn calf is receiving around-the-clock care by veterinary staff at the ...

The Brookfield Zoo in Illinois welcomed a South American Tapir calf. In case you are wondering what exactly a tapir is -- it is a pachyderm that is closely related to the horse and rhinoceros. The ...

Researchers have documented conflict between between a tapir and a dog in Mexico, highlighting the impact of encroaching human settlement on this living fossil species. Tapirs are a living fossil, ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Latin America's largest land mammal, the tapir, is thriving in a network of remote national parks spanning the Peru-Bolivia border, conservationists report. The Wildlife ...

South America's largest land mammal has made a historic comeback. The South American tapir hasn't been spotted in the Atlantic Forest for over 100 years and was considered extinct in Brazil's coastal ...

Somewhere within the American Museum of Natural History in New York City lies the partial skull and skin of a young adult male tapir, item number 36661, collected by former president Theodore ...

The Amazon rain forest is under threat. Fragmentation, fires and climate change are just a few of the hazards. In natural, intact forests, animals that eat fruits help to keep the forest in a constant ...

Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting one of the largest mammals in South America: the lowland ...

A female South American tapir is seen with its baby in Shanghai Zoo, east China's Shanghai, Oct. 9, 2020. The baby tapir was born on Sept. 8 in the zoo. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong) A female South American ...