Rare Afghan Deer Endures Two Major Wars, Is Ultimate Survivor Researchers feared the endangered ungulate had gone locally extinct. The Bactrian deer proved them wrong ...

How the elusive Bactrian deer lived through two major wars and civil strife, only to emerge almost 45 years later.

Forty years of unrest in Afghanistan left wildlife ecologists uncertain whether one of its rare sub-species of red deer, the Bactrian deer, had survived in the country. But recently, for the first ...

Rusty, a Bactrian camel at the Detroit Zoo, has been euthanized. Like Arabian camels, Bactrians rarely sweat, helping them conserve fluids for long periods of time.

The Denver Zoo euthanized a Bactrian camel last week because of the animal’s declining quality of life, largely due to its older age and chronic arthritis, the zoo said.

Adorable Baby Bactrian Camel Born At Woburn Safari Park. This adorable little guy, seen here with his mum, Rita, is Woburn Safari Park's latest arrival - a male Bactrian camel calf born on 22 ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo has another new baby — a female Bactrian camel born on May 20 to 11-year-old mother AJ and 10-year-old father Stan. The calf, who weighs in at 88 pounds, was born in the ...

How the elusive Bactrian deer lived through two major wars and civil strife, only to emerge almost 45 years later.

The Detroit Zoo is mourning the loss of a beloved male Bactrian camel, who was euthanized last week, according to a post on the zoo's official Facebook page. The camel, named Rusty, became a ...

There's a new baby at the Milwaukee County Zoo. A female Bactrian camel was born to Addie-Jean, better known as A.J., and Stan at 11:35 a.m. May 20.Animal care staff said the calf is doing well ...