Wild Science

What's it like to study polar bears in the wild? How do you raise children among large carnivores? And how do you find a frog that no-one has seen for 40 years?From deserts to rainforests and even the polar Arctic, scientists venture into the field to collect, observe and study the world s organisms and the environments they live in. But even with the best planning, unexpected weather, unpredictable animals and unforeseen encounters can occur.Wild Science: Unexpected Encounters When Working in Nature explores the precarious, hilarious and thought-provoking stories behind the science . It shows the value of these experiences, even when things don t go right, and the importance of fieldwork for understanding our own place in the world.