The Bactrian camel is 10 to 11.5 feet long, 5.2 to 5.9 feet tall at shoulder height, and weighs 990 to 1,100 pounds. Meanwhile, the dromedary camel is 7.2 to 11.2 feet long, ...

A Chicago zoo celebrated International Ungulate Day and the upcoming Tony Awards with a creative name for its newly born Bactrian camel.. The Lincoln Zoo announced over the weekend that the baby ...

The Detroit Zoo is celebrating the birth of a male Bactrian camel born May 18, to 6-year-old mother Suren and 6-year-old father Rusty. The calf can be seen in the camel habitat across from the ...

It's a baby boy only a mother could love. But while an infant Bactrian camel might not fit the standard definition of "cute," its gangly legs, two floppy humps and unsteady gait are winning the ...

DNA tests confirm that the wild Bactrian separated from the domestic Bactrian camel 200,000 years ago. It has a genetic base difference with the domestic Bactrian of 3 percent. We have a 5 percent ...

Two-humped Bactrian camels were domesticated thousands of years ago to carry goods and people across Asia. Every year, herders come to one Gobi Desert town to celebrate these gentle giants.