Bactrian camels serve as an important means of transportation in the cold desert regions of China and Mongolia. Here we present a 2.01 Gb draft genome sequence from both a wild and a domestic ...

Because wild Bactrian camels are fully migratory and can travel over long distances, scientists used to learn their habits by studying hoof prints and droppings. It was hard to find one camel in ...

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 ...

Dubbed the "King of the Gobi,'' the wild bactrian camels of China are apparently a unique variety among their species, contributing unique genetic qualities to the animal kingdom, scientists now ...

The Wild Camel Protection Foundation was established in 1997, with the sole aim of protecting wild Bactrian camels. They set up a natural reserve in China for wild Bactrian camels.

Wild Bactrian camels are critically endangered with fewer than 1,000 individuals remaining. ... In the arid desert regions camels inhabit, their meat is also an important source of protein. 7.

They made several thorough investigations in Xinjinag's unpopulated desert areas, where the wild Bactrian camel lives, in the springs of 1995, 1996 and 1997 on their distribution, ...

Veterinary scientists have successfully attached GPS satellite collars to endangered wild Bactrian camels in the Mongolian desert. Their efforts are part of the long-term Gobi Research Project on ...

Another four wild Bactrian camels have been released into the wild in Northwest China's Gansu province, according to the Dunhuang West Lake National Nature Reserve Administration.

Slightly smaller than its domesticated cousin, the Wild Bactrian Camel weighs around 1,400 pounds. Endangered and rare, it survives in remote areas of the Gobi Desert.