When we think about camels, most people probably think of them as the dependable animals carrying people across harsh deserts ...

A Bactrian camel calf rests against its mother at a research center in Gansu province, which has achieved success in artificially breeding the endangered animal. Liang Qiang / Xinhua Scientists have ...

Camels are divided into two species, the one-humped dromedary and the two-humped Bactrian camel. Whether equipped with one or two humps, camels are precious in desert regions throughout the world.

Get acquainted with Gemma, a remarkable Bactrian camel standing nearly 8 feet tall, making her one of the largest of her ...

The lumbering and stubborn Bactrian camel might not be an obvious contender in a polo match, but a Mongolian initiative to save the two-humped beasts is taking a traditional sport of the steppes and ...

Did you know that camels can go days or weeks without eating or drinking? Discover more about these remarkable humped land mammals. Camels are large land mammals best known for their humps. There are ...

The revival of this specific Iranian camelid species takes place in Ardabil city, a bustling capital surrounded by the Moghan plain. A symbol of Ardabil’s cultural heritage, these camels faced the ...

The Bactrian camel is a large even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of eastern Asia. The Bactrian camel has two humps on its back, in contrast to the Dromedary which has one. Nearly all of the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Denver Zoo euthanized a Bactrian camel last week because of the animal’s declining quality of life, largely due to its older age and chronic arthritis, ...

Pamela Burger heads one of the few research groups in Europe that study camel genetics. Burger and her colleagues are primarily interested in the domestication of camels, which took place around 3,000 ...