Desmond Morris , born in 1928 is world renowned for his breakthrough observations on human behaviour. Watching , is Desmond Morris's observations on his own life in memoir form. Watching is published by TSB (an imprint of Leapfrog Press) in collaboration with Arte e Ciencia, the publishing arm of the University of Porto, where Morris gifted his scientific archive to the Museum of Natural History. In 1967 his book The Naked Ape was published becoming one of the top 100 bestsellers of all time. Selling in excess of 10 million copies During his long life he has published 48 scientific papers, written over 80 books, and has been published in 43 different languages. Between 1956 and 1998, he presented more than 700 television programmes. He has also produced over 3,400 paintings and has held 60 solo exhibitions, as the last living member of the Surrealist movement. In 1968 he and his wife, Ramona, moved to Malta where their son Jason was born.

In 1977, his book Manwatching was published. He remained in Oxford until 2019, when, following the death of his wife, he moved to Ireland to live near to his family there. And at the age of 94 he is still actively writing and painting.