It's a trivia question many might get wrong: What part of the world has the biggest population of feral camels? As National Geographic explains, the answer is Australia—its arid Outback in particular.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bactrian camel, also known as the Mongolian camel, is a large even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of Central Asia. It has ...

Australia’s camel population is difficult to count, partly because the animals are scattered across an immense stretch of desert and semi-desert country. Estimates have placed the feral herd anywhere ...

Millions of large feral animals roam Australia. Pigs, camels, deer, horses, water buffalo, cattle and goats were introduced deliberately as transport, livestock or to hunt. Many have since established ...

In the Gobi Desert, Adiya Yadamsuren tracks a wild camel to a water hole. In Mongolia's Gobi Desert, we join scientist Adiya Yadamsuren and track down the elusive wild camels as they seek out the only ...

Far from their origins in the Arabian desert, hundreds of thousands of camels roam outback Australia, where they are used for wild races, an alternative milk source and even to make beer. Imported by ...

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, denizens of the Old West reported seeing a strange and mysterious beast: the camel. These sightings were not the fevered hallucinations of cowboys ...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Authorities in Australia's Outback said Tuesday that they plan to shoot wild camels from helicopters because the rapidly expanding population is encroaching on ranch land — an idea ...

LIKE MANY other folk, John Hare found camels difficult to love on first acquaintance. They could be surly beasts, obstinate as mules and with a kick hard as a horse. They could batter you with their ...

Millions of large feral animals roam Australia. Pigs, camels, deer, horses, water buffalo, cattle and goats were introduced deliberately as transport, livestock or to hunt. Many have since established ...