by Meg | Apr 2, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Panda, pollution, Travel |
Bamboo comprises 90-100% of the Pandas diet and is collected from all over the Sichuan province to feed the bears insatiable appetite. In a previous study that we performed last year, the bamboo that was collected near the city center in comparison to samples...
by Meg | Feb 26, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact |
I am so glad that Julia wrote this post as I was about to write a similar post about moon bears here in China. As Julia mentioned, the largest threat to endangered wildlife here in China (most of Asia it appears) is the illegal wildlife trade. Like Loas,...
by Meg | Feb 16, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News, Panda, Travel |
Panda bears have recently received quite a bit of attention. In a recent episode from the Daily Show, Jon Stewart and Ricky Gervais began a hilarious dialogue about panda bears. Fair warning that the content is a little on the graphic side. We give it a near (R)...
by Meg | Jan 29, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Marine Mammal
A new study published in the most recent edition of Biological Conservation reported that many of the smaller marine mammals such as dolphins, porpoises and manatees are ending up on the menu in many parts of the world. ScienceDaily, Jan. 24th, 2012....
by Meg | Jan 23, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News, Panda
Read this fabulous NPR article on the work of George Schaller who wrote the book The Last Panda. Schallers’ work showed for the first time that the panda population wasn’t decreasing due to cyclic bamboo grooves providing an unreliable food source but...
by Meg | Jan 16, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News, Panda |
A big welcome to Huan Huan & Yuan Zi! The giant pandas are arriving at ZooParc de Beauval in France today on loan from Chengdu Panda Research Base. Go take a look at their last couple of hours in Chengdu and the beautiful pictures from their farewell ceremony. ...
