Dr Sarah Darwin originally trained as an artist and then as a scientist, specializing botany. She spent several years living and working in the Galápagos Islands and studying the Galápagos tomatoes there. More recently she has been part of a project in Berlin studying nightingales. Sarah is the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin and works at the Museum Für Naturkunde, Berlin.

Dr Eva-Maria Sadowski is a palaeobotanist, who mainly studies plant remains that are enclosed in amber. Eva lives in Berlin and works at the Museum Für Naturkunde, Berlin.

Olga Baumert is an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer. Originally from Poland, she studied Fine Art and Jewellery before moving to the UK where she received her degree in Graphic Design and Illustration at De Montfort University. Olga currently lives and works in Leicester, UK.