Alexander Braczkowski is a doctoral researcher at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is presently examining financial mechanisms for the conservation of large carnivores in Africa. Follow him on Instagram.)
Amy Mathews Amos writes about wildlife, wild lands, health and related issues from her home in New Mexico USA. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Scientific American, High Country News and many other outlets. You can follow her on Twitter at@AmyMatAm.)
Andre Coetzer is a general naturalist with a special interest in the smaller creatures. Butterflies and reptiles are his key focus groups, but anything that operates without human interference will be looked at and photographed on his travels around Africa. He currently lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. )
Andy Jeffrey is a nature-loving nerd with a penchant for Star Wars and fast cars. A self-proclaimed Indiana Jones wannabe (right down to the irrational fear of snakes), he can be spotted digging through anthropology books in his spare time. Find him on Twitter @andrew_jay or in Earth Touch's 2-Minute Roundup series.)
Ashley Braun is a Seattle-based science and environmental writer who works by day at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The rest of the time, she slings puns, gardens in an urban jungle and writes for publications such as Discover and Natural History Magazine. Find her at ashleybraun.com and on Twitter @ashleybraun.)
Bart Lukasik is an underwater cameraman and guide with Polish origins who has spent the last three years filming off the South African and Mozambican coastlines. His main focus is on capturing an amazing diversity of marine wildlife on camera as well as creating adventure-style documentaries for varied groups of divers. Visit www.bartlukasik.com to view more of his work.)
Becky Cliffe is a British zoologist working at the Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica. She completed the first in-depth research project into captive sloth biology and is now spearheading a long term investigation into the ecology of wild sloths through The Sloth Backpack Project.)
Brett Blignaut is a former Earth Touch staffer who now pursues his passion of photography and thirst for adventure by exploring the world's wild places, capturing the beauty of wildlife and untouched landscapes.)
Brian Switek is a freelance science writer and amateur palaeontologist based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Follow him @Laelaps.)
Carol Kaufmann is a freelance writer and editor based in the Washington, D.C. area. She's the author of SAFARI (Workman 2012), a New York Times bestseller, and OCEAN, which will be published this fall. She's a former writer for National Geographic magazine and reporter for Reader's Digest. )
Chelsea Wald is a freelance science and environment writer based in Vienna, Austria. She has a small dog who, like her, much prefers trails to sidewalks.)
A self-confessed super-nerd and purveyor of zoological pedantry, Chris Harries is a former Earth Touch staffer who's microblogged from the Okavango Delta, shot timelapses in the mountains of Lesotho and rebuilt the Earth Touch server room more times than he can remember. Now back in London, he indulges his passions for warm beer, walks in the rain and scowling at people on the London underground.)
Dr Christie Wilcox is an evolutionary biologist and science writer based in Honolulu with a particular fascination for the most toxic species on earth. She blogs at Science Sushi for Discover Magazine, tweets as @NerdyChristie, and you can read all about her adventures in her first book, Venomous (Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016).)
Crispin Andrews is a freelance writer. He prefers cats, wolves and pine martens to DIY, gardening and reality TV.)
David Moscato is a science communicator, writer and educator with a background in palaeontology. Follow him @DMos150 or on his blog, The Meniscus.)
