Peter Menkhorst

Peter Menkhorst is a Melbourne-based zoologist specialising in mammal and bird ecology and conservation, particularly in devising recovery strategies for threatened species, and guiding their implementation. He has published extensively in both scientific and popular literature, including Mammals of Victoria (1995), a definitive book on the subject, and A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia (2001, now in its third edition). Peter is currently part of a team preparing a new field guide to Australian birds for CSIRO Publishing.

Peter Menkhorst reviews 'The Dingo Debate' edited by Bradley Smith

Published in October 2015, no. 375

Three pale strangers

Published in January-February 2015, no. 368

'Where Song Began' by Tim Low

Published in November 2014, no. 366

Quite lost

Published in February 2014 no. 358

Peter Macinnis: Curious Minds

Published in December 2012–January 2013 no. 347

Peter Menkhorst reviews 'Sentinel Chickens: What Birds Tell Us about Our Health and the World' by Peter Doherty

Published in October 2012 no. 345

Peter Menkhorst reviews 'Upside Down World' by Penny Olsen

Published in October 2010 no. 325

Peter Menkhorst reviews 'Culture Crisis: Anthropology and politics in Aboriginal Australia' edited by Jon Altman and Melinda Hinkson

Published in February 2011 no. 328

Ann Moyal: Platypus

Published in February 2011 no. 328

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