by Meg | Sep 15, 2017 | Internship |
What’s black and white and loved all over? Yang Yang! And what a unique panda Yang Yang is, given his life history and stereotypic behaviours. First off, Yang Yang was born in the wilds of Baishuiji, China in October of 2001. In 2002 he was brought to the Bifengxia...
by Meg | Sep 13, 2017 | Internship |
Everyone say nǐ hǎo (hello) to Chu Xin and Pang Niu! These are the cubs at the Shenshuping Kindergarten who are now a part of our reintroduction study. So far, we have only been working with the bears at Tiantiashan and Hetoping, collecting data on release...
by Meg | Sep 9, 2017 | Science |
Located about 2 hours from Chengdu, Gengda is nestled in the picturesque Wolong Nature Reserve and is the newest location within the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas (CCRCGP). All together, the CCRCGP is comprised of Bifengxia, Dujiangyan,...
by Meg | Sep 7, 2017 | PDXWildlife
It has been quite a month in Gengda so far! Between working with reintroduction candidates in both Hetaoping and Tiantaishan, we are kept very busy. In each of the reintroduction enclosures, we have been placing four camera traps in a circle around a certain...
by Meg | Sep 5, 2017 | Internship, Panda |
Ni Hao! My name is Lu Lu and I’ve recently celebrated my third birthday here at Bifengxia! The bamboo I eat still towers over my small frame but my jaws are just as powerful as any adult bear here. You’ll find me in Baixiongping 7, the most beautiful area of the base...
