PUSHKAR, India (AP) — India's desert town of Pushkar, nestled in the arid plains of Rajasthan, has transformed into a vibrant festival ground as hundreds of camels, draped in tassels, colorful beads ...

Camels are remarkably adapted to desert life, conserving water through specialized biological features and behaviors. Their ...

The greening of the Thar Desert, driven by a dramatic rise in rainfall and human interventions like canals, is not only ...

This blue-gray tapestry is a cross section through the skin of a camel. Camel skin is very thick. It contains special cells that store water, as well as large sweat glands, both of which help keep ...

DAMASCUS, Syria, May 31, 2006 -- There's no question about the type of meat served at the Camel Gathering Place restaurant. Camels -- stuffed and in pictures -- are everywhere. Half a dozen men wait ...

Editor’s Note: Portions of this story appear in “Life As We Know it (Can Be),” a new book by award-winning journalist and CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir, who draws on ancient wisdom, ...

Imagine you are traveling through the Nefud Desert in northern Saudi Arabia, around 12,000 years ago. Your journey is difficult. The sand dunes are shifting at your feet; the wind is whipping at your ...

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, denizens of the Old West reported seeing a strange and mysterious beast: the camel. These sightings were not the fevered hallucinations of cowboys ...

PUSHKAR, India (AP) — India’s desert town of Pushkar, nestled in the arid plains of Rajasthan, has transformed into a vibrant festival ground as hundreds of camels, draped in tassels, colorful beads ...