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 the ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium announced the name and gender of their rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf Tuesday. It's a girl! Staff at the Tacoma zoo made the name and gender ...

The calf is bonding with its mother behind the scenes, and zoo visitors could expect to see it by late spring. The gender and the name of the calf will be revealed in the coming weeks. TACOMA ...

Staff at the Oregon Zoo are keeping their distance to allow time for mother and baby to bond, but so far, the calf appears to be a strong and healthy female, weighing approximately 200 pounds ...

When Rose-Tu’s third elephant calf was introduced to the world earlier this week, Steve Lefave — who oversees the elephant program at the Oregon Zoo — clued reporters into what milestones ...

It isn’t just locals who are admiring the adorableness of the newly born elephant calf at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. On Saturday, after 20 months of pregnancy, Rose-Tu gave birth to a calf ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — After a lengthy 20-month pregnancy, Rose-Tu, a 30-year-old Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo, gave birth to a healthy female calf at 4:29 p.m. on Saturday. The newborn ...

The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma on Sunday welcomed a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf. It’s the second time a tapir, rare and endangered, has been born at the zoo since ...

The mother and baby are being given time to bond in an off-exhibit area and the calf will make her debut to the public at a later date, the zoo said ... ropes to rescue deer stranded on the ...

TACOMA, Wash. — A Malayan tapir calf was recently born at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium for the second time in over a century. The zoo has not yet released the calf's name or sex but ...