Colorado Springs' Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) is celebrating World Tapir Day on April 27th by inviting visitors to meet ...

Tapirs might look unusual, but that’s because they’ve barely changed since the Ice Age. In this episode, we take a closer look at these ancient herbivores - part pig, part elephant, part prehistoric ...

Tapirs may look like a mix between a pig, an elephant, and an anteater, but they're truly one of nature’s most unique ...

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Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...

Surgeons have carried out the world's first liver transplant from a pig into a human recipient. The operation, carried out in China, used a liver from a pig that had been genetically modified to ...

The first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human was undertaken by Chinese researchers last year, according to a new, peer-reviewed study. The patient was clinically brain ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Chinese doctors have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a brain-dead human, marking a significant step in xenotransplantation. The ...

The annual event, called the "Unfallen Anteater Cherry Blossoms", is held at the Izu Animal Kingdom in Higashiizu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture. The zoo has been organising the event since 2015 to ...

This sea cucumber (nicknamed the “sea pig”) was seen gently drifting more than 9,000 feet underwater. Having that much water pressing down from overhead is like having dozens of elephants ...