by Meg | Jun 10, 2013 | Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife |
I started the personality study a couple of weeks ago and so far every panda has had a different reaction to the novel objects. Other than deflating the basketball, Hai Zi showed little interest in either of the novel objects. Xin Nier interacted with most of the...
by Meg | Jun 7, 2013 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Panda, Science, wildlife
My first year in China the Ross School visited with Rustic Pathways and interviewed me for their giant panda video. Here’s the final version – supposedly it’s been viewed at the White House! Hope you enjoyed learning more about the plight of the...
by Meg | Jun 5, 2013 | Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science
I’d like you to meet our new summer intern. Amélie Le Roy will be joining the panda team at the end of June when Stephanie leaves and she’ll primarily be working on finishing up the stereotypical and personality studies that Stephanie is working on. Amélie...
by Meg | May 23, 2013 | Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Panda, Science, wildlife
Have you all seen the new photos of wild pandas World Wildlife Fund just published? Well, most of them aren’t of giant pandas but other neat wildlife their photo traps captured but it’s still exciting to start to learn more about these elusive animals in...
by Meg | Apr 21, 2013 | Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Internship, Panda, Science |
Just wanted to let everyone know that the BiFengXia panda base and our intern Stephanie were both unhurt in the earthquake in Lushan, China (very close to Ya’An). Here’s Stephanie’s blog reporting the entire experience: Steph writes,...
by Meg | Apr 4, 2013 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife
It’s been a week since I’ve arrived in China and I already feel as though it has been the experience of a lifetime. I arrived in Ya’An on the 20th of March feeling extremely jet-lagged from the almost 3 day trip but within a couple of days was right on track and...
