There are two species of camel: the Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) and the dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius). About 90% of the world’s camels are dromedary camels, also known as the Arabian ...

Domesticated for 3,000 years, camels have been a source of transportation, food, milk and leather since ancient times, but some of the world’s wild camels are now critically endangered. Here are a few ...

Bactrian camels serve as an important means of transportation in the cold desert regions of China and Mongolia. Here we present a 2.01 Gb draft genome sequence from both a wild and a domestic bactrian ...

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Chennai, India — His father and grandfather were camel herders, so Bhanwarlal became one too. “Our camels are an extension of our families,” says Bhanwarlal, 35, a member of the ethnic group called ...

Camels have long been the backbone of Somalia 's pastoralist culture, feeding families, transporting goods and standing tall in local folklore. But on the dusty outskirts of the capital, the camel now ...

Behold the camel — giver of milk long known for its abundant supply of vitamins, proteins and minerals — and in some cases for sustaining life itself. Yes, camel milk. People in Africa, the Middle ...

Imagine discovering a naturally occurring antidote to snake venom, and that too in something hiding in plain sight in a camel’s tear. It sounds like science fiction, but recent headlines claim exactly ...