AL-AHSA, Saudi Arabia, May 13 (UPI) --Arabian camels, or dromedary camels -- the single-humped species Camelus dromedarius-- have been essential the development of desert societies in Africa and the ...

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 ...

A male dromedary camel calf was born at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Bronx Zoo. Photo by: Julis Larsen Maher/WCS. The dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) is the world’s largest camel.

Dromedaries have been used for transportation for over 3,000 years. But it was not known where they were first domesticated or which genetic structure was selected in the process. A team of ...

The Lehigh Valley Zoo has euthanized Baby, a 23-year-old dromedary camel who had been under care for osteoarthritis for many years. The decision to do so came just over two weeks after the zoo ...

Three-quarters of dromedary camels in Saudi Arabia have been infected with the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, according to the most thorough survey of the animals there.

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 ...

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 ...