Pandas and Intern fine after China Earthquake

Just wanted to let everyone know that the BiFengXia panda base and our intern Stephanie were both unhurt in the earthquake in Lushan, China (very close to Ya’An).  Here’s Stephanie’s blog reporting the entire experience:

Steph writes,
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Support for Sustainable Seafood- PDXSeafood

Image courtesy of cnn.com

Image courtesy of cnn.com

One of the key factors in establishing PDXSeafood, our sustainable seafood program, is the declining status of the worlds overfished oceans. I recently came across an article that was informative and worth a read. Click on the link below to access the article.

Overfished and under-protected: Oceans on the brink of catastrophic collapse, by Tom Levitt of CNN.com.

Featured on Zooborns and Microryza

As Nate alluded to, we’re crazy busy at the panda base (breeding video to come soon!) but I wanted to write a quick post about how our project was featured on mircroryza.com and zooborns.com today.

Microryza project page

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Spring Intern Arrives Just in Time

How Could You Pass Up a Chance to Work With These Guys?

How Could You Pass Up a Chance to Work With These Guys?

Just as our Spring intern, Stephanie McMahon arrived, the majority of the Bifeng Xia pandas have decided that they would begin breeding. The much needed assistance that Stephanie is providing will help to collect important behavioral data. It’s a job that requires you to wake early and stay late. So we sincerely appreciate all her hard work.

We still have positions available for the Summer and Fall, so check out our intern application by clicking on the below link and we hope to hear from you soon.

Panda Intern Info & Application-