by Meg | Aug 7, 2017 | PDXWildlife, Science |
Working with and conducting novel research on giant pandas is, admittedly, a very cool job. But, what really makes this a dream come true is that we get to do this as a family. When I’m jet lagged, sitting in the dark on the living room couch at 2:30 in the...
by Meg | Aug 6, 2017 | Internship |
Giant pandas give birth to twins about 50% of the time. Interestingly, this season at Bifengxia, the majority of births have been twins. Though a twin birth is equally likely, mothers often choose to raise only one cub. She may attempt to care for both at birth, but...
by Meg | Aug 4, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
With no major setbacks in our travel, the whole family made it safe to Chengdu. In typical PDXWildlife style, we wasted little time and headed to Gengda the following morning. Top picture is the view from our apartment- so beautiful. The small SUV that the panda base...
by Meg | Aug 1, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
Hey everyone! My name is Zachary David, and you may recognize me as I was one of PDXWildlife’s interns from November to February of last year! I am ecstatic to have been hired on to continue working with PDXWildlife in Gengda as a Field Research Team Lead for the next...
by Meg | Jul 29, 2017 | Panda |
Eight things you might have in common with pandas: Are you a daily nap taker? Every afternoon the pandas lounge about and catch up on some sleep from their exhausting panda lifestyle. Bai Yang is no different! You are a messy eater! Xiang Ge is one of the many messy...
