Camels are sometimes called the ‘ships of the desert’ because they carry lots of things through the desert. They are mammals. What is inside a camel’s hump? Most people think water, but they are wrong ...

A unique and pioneering study of the ancient and modern DNA of the 'ship of the desert' -- the single humped camel or dromedary -- has shed new light on how its use by human societies has shaped its ...

This article, by Nancy Johnson, first appeared in the Deming Headlight, January 6, 2005: The Great Camel Experiment, as it was called by newspapers of the day, seemed to have everything going for it, ...

Academics at the University of Bristol will investigate how the one-humped Arabian camel can thrive in the hot and dry environment of the desert, where water is scarce, thanks to a grant from the ...

(Reuters) -About 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers who inhabited a swathe of Arabian desert carved life-sized images of camels and other animals on sandstone cliffs and boulders, using rock art to ...

Jaisalmer: In the sun-scorched dunes of Rajasthan, where the camel—commonly known as the ‘ship of the desert'—has long been a symbol of resilience, a groundbreaking initiative by the Border Security ...