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Largely outshone by fossils of horses, the earliest camels are getting another look from scientists determined to sort out the relationships and adaptations of these “absolutely bonkers” herbivores ...

ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park has welcomed its first camel herd this summer, featuring three young Bactrian camels named Jasper, Opal, and Sardonyx. The camels are between one and two ...

This leaves one camel left, named Wednesday. Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden officials announced Thursday the euthanasia of their female Bactrian camel due to multifactorial gastrointestinal disease.

The highly-intelligent animal has become quite popular in the United States in recent years, as they provide milk and textiles. There are only three species of camel remaining on the planet. The ...

I never thought I'd describe a camel as cuddly. Then again, living in New York City, there aren't many opportunities to contemplate camel textures. That's not to say I'm entirely unfamiliar: I've ...

On April 22, 2025, Woburn Safari Park in the UK welcomed a rare Bactrian camel calf. The species is critically endangered in the wild, with fewer than 1,000 remaining globally. Keepers say the birth ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

A male camel calf born April 20 at the Milwaukee County Zoo. now has a name. His animal-care team named him Baatar, a word of Mongolian origin that means "hero," the zoo declared in a recent blog post ...

GARDEN CITY, Kan. (KWCH) - The Lee Richardson Zoo, in Garden City, is mourning the death of a long-time zoo resident. The western Kansas zoo confirmed that Mona, a domesticated Bacrtrian camel, died ...

A beloved, longtime resident of the Detroit Zoo has died.Rusty the Bactrian camel, who had called the local zoo home for the past 16 years, was "compassionately euthanized" last week, the Detroit Zoo ...