After over a century of being considered regionally extinct, this ecological “unicorn” was spotted alive and well in the ...

A “fuzzy watermelon”-looking animal in Washington is winning over the hearts of people on social media. Ume is a white ...

More than 500 exceptionally preserved fossils are offering new clues about the evolution of Florida's animals and landscape.

A rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf was born at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington on Sunday 2 February, only the second tapir birth in the zoo's 120-year history. The newborn is ...

A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington zoo said. The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was named Ume, ...

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 ...

A prehistoric sinkhole in Florida preserved fossils for half a million years until their discovery in 2022, offering rare ...

The endangered animal seemed unfazed by the rangers and stayed around their campsite for awhile, wildlife officials said.

Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including ...

A group of fossil collectors have discovered a mass ice age fossil grave buried in Florida's Steinhatchee River.

Ume is a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf that was born Feb. 2 at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. Her name means plum blossom and apricot in Japanese. Since then she has ...