Ume is a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf that was born Feb. 2 at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma.

From the streets of New Haven to the animal rescue clinic at Mystic Aquarium, a young gray seal has had quite the journey the last couple of days.

Harsh cold descended on the nation’s midsection Monday as a polar vortex gripped the Rockies and Northern Plains on the heels ...