Peter is the online environment reporter for ABC Science. He has previously worked in print and radio in Perth, Carnarvon, Kununurra, Karratha, Kalgoorlie and Albury-Wodonga.
CSIRO scientists have identified an underwater mountain off Tasmania where a threatened deep-sea eel species gathers annually.
A new study shows one species of sea cucumber lives much longer than previously thought, putting it at even more risk of being eaten to death by humans.
Topic: Fishing and Aquaculture Industry
Scientists have found the earliest-known fossil of a mammal-like animal that lived more than 160 million years ago in the mid-Jurassic period and may have hunted fish and salamander.
A new study has found hardly any of the $1.2 million worth of elephant ivory sold or advertised in a six-month period in Australia came with paperwork proving its origin.
Topic: Endangered and Protected Species
A study on the impact of chytrid fungus disease in Royal National Park frogs raises questions about regulation of coalmine wastewater.
New video captures a sighting of the elusive bird in its grassy home in the remote Great Sandy Desert during the day.
Topic: Endangered and Protected Species
The Northern Territory's tiny crocs are freshwater crocodiles not a separate species. Despite this, some scientists think the crocs are unique and need special protection.
A controversial population of desert dingoes on the border of Victoria and South Australia could become the first of their kind to be recognised nationally as being in danger of extinction.
Topic: Endangered and Protected Species
Bird flu has quickly spread around Australia. Hidden in the numbers are more than 20 distinct species of birds and mammals that have fallen to the disease.
Can people get the bird flu from eggs and milk? Can you die if you become infected? Will this be the next pandemic? Here's what we know about bird flu in humans.
The targeted vaccination of 5,000 penguins is claimed to be the largest wild bird vaccination program undertaken globally.
Many of Australia's floral species have evolved over millions of years alongside fire, but are bushfires becoming too frequent for some flowers to survive?
Unlike other birds detected with the virus so far in Australia, seagulls travel beyond coastal environments to more urban and inland areas too.
Underwater video captures the moment killer whales in the Gulf of California slam into a sunfish, causing it to explode.
Birds infected with a deadly type of bird flu have been found along the coastline of several states of Australia. What do we know about how it is spreading?
The black swan, the Tasmanian devil and Australian sea lions are among the species at risk if a deadly strain of avian influenza takes hold in Australia, experts are warning.
Hundreds of whale fossils, including those from extinct species new to science, range in age from recent to 5 million years old and are also home to undescribed deep-sea creatures.
Before being diagnosed with cancer, the 2024 Australian of the Year was a leading melanoma researcher, developing better therapies for those with the disease.
The risks of death or hospitalisation of koalas increases as soon as seven-day average maximum temperature is above 27 degrees Celsius, a new study shows.
Topic: Endangered and Protected Species
Data from floating rubbish bins near the Sydney CBD suggests there are higher levels of rubbish entering the water when major events such as Vivid are on.
Natural history broadcaster Sir David Attenborough turns 100 today. We look back at his work and interviews to capture some of his wisdom and endless sense of wonder.
Taxonomists from London's Natural History Museum who named the Chilean species were inspired by the lifework of the famous broadcaster and naturalist.
A new analysis of fossilised koala skulls and bones has revealed an extinct species of koala lived in WA until a few thousand years ago.
An analysis of tiny fossils of sea creatures found in rock samples around the Port Campbell region in south-western Victoria has refined our understanding of how the Twelve Apostles formed.
Without a curvy upper beak to get in the way, Bruce the kea uses his lower beak to stab or joust at other birds in his social group.
