by Meg | Jun 16, 2013 | animal, Panda |
Inspired by the San Diego Zoo’s “Guess that animal” feed on twitter and our little mistaken identity of a panda on our last panda blog post, we decided all you panda fans out there needed a challenge. The challenge: Be the first commenter to...
by Meg | May 16, 2013 | animal, Conservation, Education, Environmental Impact, pollution
The last update on mercury levels in fish was put out to the public in 2004. Even though the 2004 update was a milestone, it’s source of data was put together from research that was 20 years old. Nearly 10 years has past since the last update, but it looks as...
by Meg | Mar 24, 2013 | animal, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife
As Nate mentioned earlier, Stephanie (our new intern) arrived just in the nick of time for breeding season to go into full swing. It’s as if the pandas new she’d be completely overwhelmed if they all went into estrous the first couple of days she arrived....
by Meg | Mar 23, 2013 | animal, Antarctica, Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Marine Mammal, Misc., pollution, Science, wildlife
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....
by Meg | Mar 21, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, grass roots, Panda
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 is an innovative new “crowd funding...
by Meg | Mar 20, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, Travel, wildlife
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...
