History Donkeys from the Poitou region in west of France have been famous since the XVIIth century for the production of mules. Because of its large size, the Baudet du Poitou was used for intraspecies crossbreeding too, in order to improve other donkey breeds. Nowadays, it is used not only to...

The Gobi Desert of Southern Mongolia and Northern China is one of the harshest environments in the world. Temperatures there can drop below -40ºC at night and rise as high as 50ºC during the day. Despite these extremes, Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) thrive here because of their coats, which...