As bulldozers roar and chainsaws whine, the silence left behind grows heavier, threatening not just the tapir, but the entire rainforest symphony. The Unmistakable Icon of Asia’s Forests The ...

Visiting a tropical rainforest promises to be a memorable ... educational and fascinating even if you don’t see a jaguar or tapir. That said, there is a good chance that you will see some ...

A new study has found that lowland tapirs spend more time in degraded forests than in pristine Amazon rainforest ... A lowland tapir crosses a road in Brazil. Image by Rhett A.

explained how preservation of tropical rainforests increases water quality, mitigates erosion and the impacts of extreme storm events, creates livelihoods for local communities, and — especially ...

Patrícia Medici is a world-leading expert in Brazil’s lowland tapirs, large herbivores whose seed dispersal function is fundamental to rainforest ... leads the Lowland Tapir Conservation ...

Her passion for wildlife blossomed into a career: Medici, a conservation biologist and National Geographic Explorer, is the world’s leading expert on the lowland tapir, a large, elusive South ...