Australian Geographic

Dr Peggy Rismiller

DR PEGGY RISMILLER HAS studied the echidna longer than anyone else alive.

She began her research in the 1980s, and her catchphrase, “Nothing ever happens quickly when you work with echidnas”, has become something of a mantra over the years.

Guided by the questions posed by scientist and founder of the British Natural History Museum,

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