There's a new tapir in town... 👀 We’re so excited to welcome Fifi, a 20-year-old female lowland tapir! 💜 She’s settling beautifully into her brand-new tapir house and has already won over our keepers with her big personality. Experienced, confident, and a proud mum and even a grandma, she brings valuable breeding experience with her. Tapirs have long played an important role in our conservation journey, and Fifi’s arrival marks the next chapter in that story. As our current tapirs prepare to m

Meet the Biologist saving tapirs. Known as the largest land mammal in Central America, the Baird's tapir may look like they're relatives of elephants, but they're actually closer kin to horses, donkeys, zebras and rhinos. See how Marina Rivero is working to develop an effective conservation strategy to protect the future of this unique species. | National Geographic Asia

Brazilian conservation biologist Patrícia Medici has spent two decades studying tapirs, South America’s largest land mammal, in the Atlantic Forest, the Pantanal wetlands, and the Cerrado grassland. Read more: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/06/worlds-top-tapir-expert-prepares-for-unprecedented-amazon-mission/ | Mongabay.com

CUTENESS ALERT! We have an exciting new arrival, a baby tapir has been born and its the first in the UK this year. First-time parents Al and Emily have taken to parenthood, but are having a problem that many human parents will recognise – she won’t eat all her vegetables! Read more here: https://www.newquayzoo.org.uk/explore/news/detail/zoos-baby-tapir-is-uk-first | Newquay Zoo

The mama tapir brought her baby by last night for the first time! #costarica #wildlifephotography #tapirs #tapiroftheday | Mike Melton Photography