An estimated 1 million wild camels roam the Australian outback, and their population is expected to double in a few years. Above-average rainfall... Australia's Camels Thrive on Climate Swings There ...

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 ...

More than 5,000 feral camels were killed as part of a massive cull in South Australia, officials said Tuesday. Aboriginal officials had announced earlier this month that a “major operation” to control ...

Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and ...

SYDNEY, Australia – Thousands of wild camels in Australia's Outback will be shot from helicopters as part of an attempt to control the animals' burgeoning numbers, a state official and local media ...

More than 1 million feral camels are thrashing the remote Australian desert, destroying water supplies and disturbing Aboriginal communities to the tune of 10 million Australian dollars a year. As ...

Feral camels have never gotten much love in the Australian bush. Considered to be an invasive species, they graze native plants to the point of local extinction. They walk across roads in the middle ...

As scientists and environmentalists in Australia search for ways to reduce that nation's greenhouse gas emissions, some have suggested killing many of the estimated 1.2 million wild camels that now ...

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 trampling the Outback for more ...

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 ...