I became a pro camel rider at 40. Here’s why it should be an Olympic sport’ - Jennifer Reggio says racing a camel is ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A woman who became a professional camel rider at 40, after a career as a horse trainer, is now campaigning to have the sport ...

Hundreds of thousands of feral camels roam Australia's outback. There are 700,000 at the latest count, doubling every 10 years. They are shiftless descendants of the hard-working dromedaries brought ...

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Camels were first introduced to Australia in the 1840s to aid in the exploration of the continent's vast interior. [AFP] Snipers took to helicopters in Australia on Wednesday to begin a mass cull of ...

Amidst the devastating wildfires spreading across Australia, up to 10,000 camels will be shot and killed following complaints that they are drinking too much water. The cull will begin Wednesday and ...

SYDNEY - Thousands of camels in Australia's remote Outback could be killed by marksmen in helicopters under a government proposal aimed at cutting down the population of the havoc-wreaking creatures.

A school bus driver on his morning route died after he crashed into a pair of escaped camels, according to news outlets and police in Queensland, Australia. It happened at about 5 a.m. Monday, June 5, ...