Daniel Ramp

A feral donkey in the Sonoran Desert. Michael Lundgren

April 29, 2021

Feral desert donkeys are digging wells, giving water to parched wildlife

Erick Lundgren, University of Technology Sydney; Arian Wallach, Queensland University of Technology, and Daniel Ramp, University of Technology Sydney

Incredibly, once the wells dried up some became nurseries for the germination and establishment of wetland trees.

Australia is home to many new species, including wild camels found nowhere else on Earth.

November 28, 2019

Non‑native species should count in conservation – even in Australia

Arian Wallach, University of Technology Sydney; Chelsea Batavia, Oregon State University; Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney; Daniel Ramp, University of Technology Sydney; Erick Lundgren, University of Technology Sydney, and Esty Yanco, University of Technology Sydney

Species counts drive conservation science and policy, yet a major component of biodiversity is excluded from the data: non-native species.

Most of the world’s wild horses, such as the Australian brumby, are outside their historic native range. Andrea Harvey

October 1, 2017

From feral camels to ‘cocaine hippos’, large animals are rewilding the world

Erick Lundgren, University of Technology Sydney; Arian Wallach, University of Technology Sydney; Daniel Ramp, University of Technology Sydney, and William Ripple, Oregon State University

Much of the Earth’s megafauna are now found outside their native ranges. Thanks to introduced populations, megafauna richness on each continent is higher today than during the past ~10,000 years.

There’s nothing feral about this Australian wildcat. Photograph by Angus Emmott

July 28, 2015

Let’s give feral cats their citizenship

Arian Wallach, Charles Darwin University and Daniel Ramp, University of Technology Sydney

There’s been a lot of talk about killing feral cats, with the government’s recently announced war on cats, with a goal to kill two million by 2020. But let’s embrace cats as part of Australia’s environment.

Kangaroos are common in some areas but scarce in others. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

February 27, 2015

FactCheck: are kangaroos at risk?

Daniel Ramp, University of Technology Sydney and Karl Vernes, University of New England

Are kangaroos in plague proportions, necessitating large-scale killing and a commercial industry, or are they in decline?

Introduced animals are a huge problem in conserving Australian species, but there’s no proof hunting helps. Beppie K/flickr

July 23, 2013

Hunting game gets new rules in NSW, but should we play at all?

Sophie Riley, University of Technology Sydney and Daniel Ramp, University of Technology Sydney

The New South Wales Government will allow hunting to continue in national parks from October, after disbanding the state’s Game Council earlier this month following a scathing review of how it was being…

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