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.

With contributions from Cara Penton, Terrah Guymala and Warddeken Rangers; Christopher R. Dickman; Laura Kojima; Pamela Catcheside; Euan G. Ritchie; Neil Jordan; Leonardo Guida; Manu E. Saunders; David M. Watson; Jessica Marsh; Erika M. Roper; Laura M. Skates; Andrew E. Derocher; Isabel Castro; David G. Hamilton; Abi T. Vanak; Jodi J. L. Rowley; Wayne Boardman; Robert Heinsohn; Jo Isaac; Lydia McLean; Tracy Ainsworth; Dieter F. Hochuli; and Bradley P. Smith.