by Meagan Gombart | Jan 29, 2021 | animal, China, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Education, Nonprofit, Panda, PDX Wildlife, PDXWildlife, research, Science, wildlife
OUR NEW LOOK! We’re celebrating an anniversary of 10 years here at PDXWildlife with our new 2021 logo. Fulfilling our Dream Back in 2011, PDXWildlife started as an aspiring group of conservationists with a love of wildlife, a penchant for research, and a dream to make...
by Meagan Gombart | Sep 16, 2020 | Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, How to help, Nonprofit, PDX Wildlife, PDXWildlife, Projects, research, Science
A Communication Conundrum! We scientists, at the moment, have a bit of a communication conundrum. The way scientists and researchers are taught to convey information is actually completely opposite everybody else, so it can make sharing our science quite tricky! How...
by Meagan Gombart | Sep 3, 2020 | Conservation, Education, PDX Wildlife, PDXWildlife, Projects, research, Science
Show me the Data! In the science world, no one will care about the work you’ve done, until they see it! Visualizing your data is essential to making your research effective not only in the science community but, more importantly, in the eyes of the public. We...
by Katie Zajac | Aug 18, 2020 | animal, Education, Panda, PDX Wildlife, PDXWildlife, research, Science
At last, Our Questions Answered! Do male giant pandas vocalize more when females next to them are in heat? Do pandas who tap their toes during sleep pace around their exhibit more? Are squirrels more active in warmer, dryer weather? What is your data telling you? What...
by Katie Zajac | Aug 4, 2020 | animal, Conservation, Education, PDX Wildlife, PDXWildlife, research, Science
It’s Time! Time to collect data! Now that you’ve had a chance to make your own ethogram, it’s finally time to begin recording. But there’s more to it than just recording behaviors using an ethogram. You must institute a collection format, be that the Wide...
by Katie Zajac | Jul 29, 2020 | animal, Conservation, Education, PDX Wildlife, PDXWildlife, research, Science, wildlife
How do you start a behavioral research study? In our previous blog, we shared some of the techniques to doing behavioral research, so now you can go off and start recording right? The answer is…not quite! In conducting behavioral research, you must outline the...
