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, ...

Tapirs use their trunks for many different reasons! The versatility of the appendage helps tapirs survive by assisting with foraging and defense. Their flexibility helps to grasp objects, improving ...

THE birth at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, last week, of a Brazilian tapir is worth recording, since it will afford visitors to the Gardens an opportunity of examining one of the ...