HOUSTON — The Houston Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its most cherished residents, Cheyenne, a 52-year-old orangutan who died unexpectedly on Sunday morning. Zoo officials said Cheyenne ...

A rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf was born at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo, the second tapir birth in the zoo’s ...

Adorable endangered Malayan tapir calf born at Washington zoo - ‘Moo Deng who,’ one user wrote of the 20-pound ‘fuzzy, ...

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 ...

It’s a girl! Point Defiance Zoo recently welcomed a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf. Her name is Ume, which means plum blossom and apricot in Japanese. The zoo says her keeper staff chose ...