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 ...

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CHICAGO — The Shedd Aquarium announced that the baby beluga whale born last summer is a boy and they are holding a vote for ...