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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

For Sarah Shajahan, the desert was not a place of fear, it was a place of memory. At just 16 years old, she rode a camel for ...