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 ...

Robin Mills, a rancher at Warrawagine Station, says more and more wild camels are wandering onto his property in search of water. There are many exotic species native to Australia: The kangaroo, the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

ADELAIDE — The world’s largest feral camel population is not to be found roaming the Sahara Desert. It is munching its way, virtually unchecked, through the land of the kangaroo. Interfering with ...

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 ...

CANBERRA, AustraliaCANBERRA, 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 ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...