Red sand blasted my neck and face as winds relentlessly swirled across Australia’s Outback. Sitting atop a small, rocky outcropping, I pressed the binocular into my eye sockets to block the stinging ...

Camels are amazing creatures that have evolved to be able to survive in very harsh climates. They are best known for their popularity in places like Egypt, the Middle East, Northern Africa, and more.

More than 500 feral camels have been culled after a 1000-head strong herd caused chaos in one NT outback town, where ...

It’s not every day you hear about a stampede of hundreds-of-kilogram beasts tearing through town, but that’s precisely the “hump-day” headache the Northern Territory is facing.

CANBERRA, Australia — Kill a camel, earn cash for cutting greenhouse gases: That offer may be coming soon in Australia, where vast numbers of the nonnative, methane-belching animals have been ...

There are many exotic species native to Australia: The kangaroo, the koala, the kookaburra. But the camel is not among them. Australia is now home to more wild camels than any other country on earth.

(CNN) -- About 10,000 camels are at risk of being shot and killed in a drought-ravaged region of Australia, after complaints that the thirsty animals are endangering locals as they desperately search ...

Around 600 feral camels have been culled in central Australia this week to contain the "havoc" wreaked by the thirsty animals in remote communities following an ongoing dry spell, local media reports ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with ...

Wild camels in drought-stricken Australia are in plague proportions, damaging the environment and property as they compete with native animals for food and water. Camels "mad with thirst" recently ...

Move over, beef. Camel meat could become the newest Australian export as early as 2012 if an Egyptian businessman is successful with his bid to open a slaughterhouse and meat processing plant in a ...