Wild Science

Helen P Waudby

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 year? 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.

Over 20 fascinating and entertaining stories of success, challenges and unexpected events from fieldwork around the world.

- From Chapter 1, Wild Mushrooming

Release
Nov-2024
ISBN
9781486317639
RRP (AUD)
$36.99
Pages
216
Format
Paperback
Category
Natural World

Helen P. Waudby

Dr Helen P. Waudby is an Adjunct Research Fellow with the Gulbali Institute at Charles Sturt University, and a conservation biologist. She has over 20 years’ experience in wildlife research and conservation, and co-edited Wildlife Research in Australia: Practical and Applied Methods.

CSIRO Publishing

CSIRO Publishing has an internationally recognised, editorially independent program publishing science titles for academic, professional and trade audiences. We are owned by Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.

Wild Science
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