by Meg | Sep 5, 2017 | Science |
PDXWildlife collects over 500 lbs. of male giant panda feces each year in order to measure changes in testosterone and cortisol. This requires an ample amount of supplies including trash bags, collection bags, gloves, markers, two large chest freezers, and a very...
by Meg | Sep 3, 2017 | Panda |
At the center of the Bifengxia panda base is the highly popular kindergarten. Here, you will find pens for young cubs and the nursery, where the vet staff is kept busy with newborns. The 2016 cub season was very active, and according to Jerome Pouille’s website-...
by Meg | Sep 2, 2017 | Panda, Science
With a solid week of heavy rain, the temperature dropped from the low 90’s and has hovered around the ideal mid 70’s here at Bifengxia. The temperature change also gave way to each intern hitting the benchmark 90% inter-observer reliability for their...
by Meg | Aug 31, 2017 | Internship, Science |
Katie, Hallie and I are concluding our second week in China; and the differences from life in the western world are vast and fascinating. With very limited language skills, the three of us have navigated the large City of Chengdu rather successfully. We found our way...
by Meg | Aug 30, 2017 | Science
An interesting aspect of conducting year-round research at Bifengxia is that we get to observe panda behaviors every season, which allows us to detect seasonal changes. As this is the first time that I have traveled here in the fall, I’ve started noticing a...
