Cody Patterson received a Bachelor’s in Environmental Studies from the University of Washington, USA.

Sara Maxwell is a post-doctoral scholar at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.

Chandrima Home is a PhD student at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, India.

Péter Török is an Assistant Professor at the University of Debrecen, Hungary.

Ema Fatima is a Research Scholar at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, India.

Sandesh Kadur is a wildlife photographer and film maker.

Richa Malhotra is a freelance science writer.

Milind Watve is a professor of biology at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune.

Pramod Patil is a freelance researcher in conservation biology and human health.

Aswathy Vijayakumar is a recent graduate (BSc) and current Teaching Assistant at Asian University for Women, Bangladesh, and hopes to enter a graduate program in molecular biology in the near future.

Farah Ishtiaq is a Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Intermediate Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Thierry M Work is a wildlife disease specialist at the National Wildlife Health Centre , Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Aniruddha Belsare is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences department (University of Missouri), investigating wildlife diseases in the state of Missouri.

Ullasa Kodandaramaiah is Assistant professor at the School of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram.

Shreya Dasgupta is a freelance science writer based in Bangalore, with a special love for conservation and environmental news.

Nitin Rai is a member of the Savanna Grasslands Working Group at the Ashoka Trust for Research
in Ecology and Environment, and is part of a long-term multi-institutional research effort, “Research and Monitoring in the Banni LandscapE (RAMBLE)” in the Banni grasslands of Kutch, Gujarat.

Abi Tamim Vanak is a National Environmental Science Fellow working on landscape mapping and conservation prioritisation of Indian semiarid savanna grasslands. He is a member of the Savanna Grasslands Working Group at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, and is part of a long-term multi-institutional research effort, “Research and Monitoring in the Banni LandscapE (RAMBLE)” in the Banni grasslands of Kutch, Gujarat.

Sandhya Sekar is a freelance science journalist who writes mostly on ecology, wildlife and conservation.

Steve Winter is a photojournalist at the National Geographic Magazine.

Sharon Guynup is a freelance journalist.

Janaki Lenin is a freelance writer with a special interest in wildlife and conservation issues.Although she writes about and admires people’s sanguine attitude towards dangerous animals, including venomous snakes, she doesn’t think she has a similar disposition.

Joshua Cinner is principal research fellow ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Australia.

Demian A Willette is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Tasneem Khan is the Assistant Director of the Andaman and Nicobar islands Environmental Team, India.