Patrícia Medici is a world-leading expert in Brazil's lowland tapirs.  She is using scientific data to protect these animals, which play an essential role in rainforest ecosystems ...

It’s the order of mammals that includes rhinos (three toes), horses (one hoofed toe), and tapirs (three toes in back and four toes in front). Extra toes are an evolutionary advantage that helps ...

Photo from Thanongsak Sema Yai via Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Malayan tapirs are solitary, largely nocturnal and exclusively plant-eating mammals ...