An endangered baby animal that looks like a fuzzy “walking watermelon” was born at a Washington zoo ... born Feb. 2 at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, the zoo said in a news release.

a Washington zoo said. The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was named Ume, the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma said in a Feb. 11 Facebook post. In Japanese, Ume means plum ...

There's also free covered parking for bicycles. Tickets can be purchased in advance through the zoo's website. Mt. Rainier National Park Day Tour from Seattle (2736 reviews) ...

Ume is a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf that was born Feb. 2 at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma ... National Real-Time Reporter covering the state of Washington and ...

TACOMA, Wash. — A baby sea lion toting an artificial kelp strip was filmed performing intricate rhythmic gymnastics-esque circles through the waters of an aquarium in Washington state.