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Bringing down an elk, buffalo or musk ox, let alone a human, does not present much of a challenge. Luckily, they tend to ...

Tonka, a Baird's tapir who lived at the Bergen County Zoo for more than two decades, has died, the zoo announced this week. Tonka originally arrived in Bergen County in 2003 at age 3. In the years ...

A 25-year-old Baird’s tapir died this week at the Bergen County Zoo, according to a Facebook post from the zoo. “Tonka” arrived at the zoo in 2003 at the age of 3 and lived five years longer than the ...

As a child living on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil, Patrícia Medici spent her playtime “walking along trails in the forest and watching animals.” Her passion for wildlife blossomed into a career: ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Tapir Trails, a three-day tapir conservation awareness campaign, will be held from Oct 31 to Nov 2, at Cheras Leisure Mall. The initiative is organised by PPB Properties, in ...

This first baby of the new year weighed more than 14 pounds and had a full head of brown- and cream-colored hair. And a body covered in it, too. At least that’s the description of the Reid Park Zoo’s ...

John Carew, MD, is an otolaryngologist and adjunct assistant professor at the Mount Sinai Medical Center department of otolaryngology and NYU Medical Center. Colds, the flu, sinus infections, and ...

The only thing worse than having a dry booger once in a while is having dry boogers in your nose every day. That feeling like something is constantly stuck in your nose can be distracting or ...

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