A 7-foot-tall camel isn’t exactly what you would expect to greet you as you walk through the gates at the San Mateo County Fair but domestic dromedaries are as natural a companion as dogs or horses ...

There are too many camels in the Bible, out of time and out of place. Camels probably had little or no role in the lives of such early Jewish patriarchs as Abraham, Jacob and Joseph, who lived in the ...

Recent investigations into the genetic diversity and population dynamics of camels have revealed a complex evolutionary narrative underlying the survival and adaptation of these species across diverse ...

Camels are among the most recognizable animals on the planet, yet few realize that wild populations are at a high risk of extinction. Of the world’s two camel species, the Dromedary camel, ...

PORT ANGELES — Eli the dromedary is turning heads at his new home between Port Angeles and Sequim. The 8-foot tall camel arrived in Port Angeles from a breeder in Tacoma on Oct. 26, and at times stops ...

Picture this. I’m at the edge of a small town situated on the western side of the Dashte Kabir, Iran’s great desert. A fog rests on the ground. It’s toward the end of the day, 40 years ago. I’m on my ...

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Confusing wild camels with the well-known Bactrian domestic camel risks masking the plight of the critically endangered species, a study warns. There are less than 950 wild camels (Camelus ferus) ...

An adorable camel recently made its debut at the Bronx Zoo's Wild Asia exhibit. The male dromedary camel is the first born at the zoo since 1982. He weighed about 80 pounds when he was born in March ...

PORT ANGELES — Eli the dromedary is turning heads at his new home between Port Angeles and Sequim. The 8-foot tall camel arrived in Port Angeles from a breeder in Tacoma on Oct. 26, and at times stops ...