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Camel beauty competitions are held throughout the Arabian Peninsula. ALI HAIDER/AAP

October 25, 2018

Inside the world of million-dollar beauty pageants – for camels

Jaime Gongora, University of Sydney and Mahmood Alamri, University of Sydney

Camel beauty pageants are multi-million-dollar events on the Arabian Peninsula.

Kangaroos are much lighter on the land than sheep and cows. Kangaroo image from www.shutterstock.com

May 22, 2016

Eat locals: swapping sheep and cows for kangaroos and camels could help our environment

Euan Ritchie, Deakin University and Adam Munn, UNSW

Eating cows and sheep is unsustainable. Here are some better alternatives.

African camels could prove to be an important source of information about the MERS virus. Eric Fèvre

October 19, 2015

Studying African camels is key to learning more about the MERS virus

Eric Fèvre, University of Liverpool

There is a high prevalence of the MERS virus in African camels. More research is key to understanding the virus better globally.

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Euan Ritchie
Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor, Animal and Wildlife Genetics and Genomics, University of Sydney
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