LIWA, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Deep in the desert of the United Arab Emirates, the moment that camel breeders had been waiting for arrived. Families hauled their camels through wind-carved sands.

“Yo, Rahul, wake up — our camel is peeing and I don’t want you to miss it!!” I whispered to my sleeping boyfriend at 6:30 a.m. He rustled around a bit, rubbed his eyes, and then sat up out of bed ...

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No, it isn't a mirage – those tourists are riding camels through the desert near the popular vacation destination, Cabo San Lucas, on Mexico's Baja California peninsula. The tropical paradise ...

Curious to know which animal is called the 'Ship of the Desert' and why it earned this famous name? Here is a clear ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ERG CHEBBI, MOROCCO — The bright black silhouettes of our three-camel caravan shone against a tall sand dune like a background drawing of the Three Kings in ...

One of the world's leading animal rights activists is upset with Google Inc. after a recent image-collection project involving a camel. To capture photographs for a Google Maps Street View of the Liwa ...

The search giant's Street View images take you on a virtual tour of the Liwa Desert in the United Arab Emirates. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional ...

Editor’s Note: Cornett is currently in the Great Australian Desert. He shares his Australian desert experiences in this, his last, of a four-part series. For a moment, I thought I was in the Sahara or ...