The proper response is to maintain distance and immediately contact authorities – not to climb on top of a potentially ...

However, their way of communicating may seem a bit gross to humans. Tapirs communicate territory and reproductive status through urine marking, allowing them to signal their presence to other tapirs.

But now, scientists have documented the flies attacking mountain tapirs, the shy, pig-like mammals with short trunks that had never before been considered at risk.

A few days ago, a Costa Rican tour guide named Dionisio Paniagua stumbled upon an interaction between two unlikely wild friends that stopped him in his tracks. Paniagua watched in silence as a ...

Wan Mohd Adib Wan Mohd Yusoh. Among the main causes of human-animal conflict are forest heavy exploration, overdevelopment, poor food waste management and the practice of feeding wild animals.

A joint community effort plants trees to provide food sources and restore the habitat for one of Malaysia's rarest animals.

HOUSTON — South America’s Pantanal at the Houston Zoo just got a whole lot cuter after welcoming a baby Baird’s tapir. The female calf was born on July 23 to mom Moli and dad Noah, weighing ...