Collectors Stumble on a Sinkhole That 'Swallowed' Animals 500,000 Yrs Ago in Florida, Find Well-Preserved Fossils Fossil ...

Another evolutionary adaptation: large flaps near the end of the penis that Stancer says “make a seal inside the female” so that tapirs can successfully breed underwater as well as on land.

Fossil collectors submerged in the murky Steinhatchee River in Florida struck unlikely gold in 2022 when they discovered some ...

It was caught on tape-ir. After over a century of being considered regionally extinct, the South American tapir was spotted alive and well in Brazil in footage blowing up online. In January ...

Around 500,000 years ago, a group of horses, sloths, and armadillos met an unfortunate fate when they fell into a sinkhole in ...

Branin also collected a puzzling tapir skull, with a mix of features ... given the logistical challenges of excavating an ancient sinkhole underwater. Still, the authors are hopeful about the ...

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 ...

Branin also collected a puzzling tapir skull, with a mix of features ... given the logistical challenges of excavating an ancient sinkhole underwater. Still, the authors are hopeful about the ...