Anwesha Dutta is a Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Bergen, Norway. Trained as political ecologist, she works at intersections of biodiversity conservation, ethnic conflict, and rural livelihoods.

Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel is a postdoctoral fellow in Geography at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Diana Vela-Almeida is an Assistant Professor on political ecology at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University.

Revati is a researcher and practitioner in the field of feminist political ecology in India. She is currently teaching at Azim Premji University, Bangalore.

Ramya Ravi is a doctoral scholar at ATREE. She has studied the transformation of Banni
grasslands due to the invasion of Prosopis juliflora at the complex intersection between invasive species, grasslands, pastoralists, livelihoods, and history. Her broad interests lie in applying interdisciplinary frameworks to better understand social ecological systems.

Rogelio has recently completed his PhD in Geography at the University of Cambridge. His work focuses on environmental values: conceptions of how and why the living world matters.

Chris Sandbrook is Professor of Conservation and Society and Director of the MPhil in Conservation Leadership at the University of Cambridge.

Madhuri Ramesh teaches in the School of Development, Azim Premji University. Her research focuses on the politics of biodiversity conservation and she is interested in inclusive forms of resource management.

Brett is a conservationist and researcher specialising in Central Asian flora particularly wild tulips, a topic he wrote his PhD thesis on and has published several articles about.

Instagram: brettdwilson94, insearchofwildtulips, cubotanicgarden, faunafloraint

Twitter: @BotanistBrett, @TulipGuardians, @CUBotanicGarden, @FaunaFloraInt

Frankie Moorman has a BSc (Hons) in Biology and Geography from the University of St.Andrews, and an MSc in Conservation from University College London.

@FrankieMoorman

Jared Margulies is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Alabama.

@jaredmargulies

Miranda graduated from Miami University (Oxford) with a Master of Arts in Biology in May of 2023. She worked as an Animal Care Specialist and now as a Park Ranger in Tennessee

Anne Devan-Song is a data scientist and ecologist. She has worked with a variety of wildlife species, although toads are her favorite group of animals.

Twitter- @amphibianne

Bryan Lynn is a PhD candidate at Oregon State University. He enjoys doughnuts and the mathematical modeling of evolution and behavior.

Twitter- @abstractbryan

Allison Bogisich is a Research Associate at The Memphis Zoo. Allison enjoys video games and cuddling her pet guinea pigs when she isn’t collecting data about frog reproduction.

Twitter- @AllyBogi

Mariah Mack is a graduate student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Their interests include wildlife ecology and hitting the gym.

Twitter- @Amphib_nerd

Sinlan Poo is the Curator of Research at Memphis Zoo. Her work focuses on increasing the conservation impact of zoos through combining ex situ research and in situ conservation.

Twitter – @SinlanPoo

Wuyuan Pan is a doctoral candidate at Guangxi University. He is interested in using acoustic methods to monitor biodiversity and he is now focusing on the relationship between acoustic and avian diversity in forests of southern China.

Sicily Fiennes (they/them) is a 2nd year PhD student at the University of Leeds working on songbird trade, technology and extinction, with a focus on Indonesia as a trade hotspot.

Alolika Sinha is a conservation biologist working with Aaranyak. Her current work includes habitat restoration and promotion of human-elephant coexistence.

Leena is an environmental biologist and an animal physiologist. She earned her PhD from SP Pune University, India in the field of Climate Change Biology using insects as representative animal models. Subsequently, as a DBT-BioCARe Scientist, she advocated applications of insect silk biopolymers from environmental sustainability perspectives. Through international research exposure as an EMBO and a DAAD Fellow, and more recently, as a Postdoctoral Visitor at York University, Canada, she continued to explore the survival mechanisms of insects under unfavourable conditions, and how we can use this foundational knowledge to tackle real-world challenges.

She is a passionate educator and science communicator. Being able to make science accessible and engaging, doubles her joy as a science professional!

Brigid Moran is a graduate student at Project Dragonfly at Miami University and works as an environmental scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Caroline is a writer and storyteller based in Bangalore, India. Through their work, Caroline looks at building connections between our rich inner worlds and the world around us.

Eben Grant is an 8-year-old nature enthusiast and amateur mycologist from Devon, UK.

Neha Kandalgaokar co-runs a social enterprise Journeys with Meaning. She finds joy in writing, facilitating, curating and creating meaningful content and experiences for children.

Siddhi Vartak is a storyteller. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Animation Film Design from NID, Ahmedabad. She writes, paints, illustrates, and animates to explore her artistic voice.

Priyadarshini Gogoi is a picture book author and poet from Assam. When she’s not writing, she loves to sing, paint, and do crafts. Several children have told her that she is cool.

Navya Raju is an illustrator and designer with an academic background in architecture. She enjoys illustrating and writing children’s books. When she’s not drawing or daydreaming you can find her with her nose in a book or trying out a new hobby.

Morgan Lyons is a program manager at a natural history museum. She completed this article as part of her graduate work with Project Dragonfly at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.