by Meg | Mar 19, 2015 | animal, Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, photography, Projects, Science, Travel, wildlife
Meghan and I just returned from Ya’an, Sichuan, China- A little jet lagged, but very excited to have Ryan and Maria, our two new winter interns, continuing the panda behavioral research. Both interns received a warm welcome from the people of Ya’an, and we...
by Meg | Jan 21, 2015 | Internship, Panda, Science |
As I mentioned in our earlier post introducing Ryan Boarman we’ve been lucky enough to increase our internship program with our new panda projects. Not only will Ryan be traveling to China in about one month, but Maria Blanco Perez will also be joining us!...
by Meg | Jan 6, 2015 | Internship, Panda
We are excited to announce that our Summer 2015 Panda Internship is now open. The interns will focus on collecting personality profiles through behavioral analysis on the bears. We will be accepting two interns who will live in Ya’an, Sichuan, China. The...
by Meg | Dec 30, 2014 | Endangered Species, Internship, Panda
I know it’s been a depressingly long time since I’ve written a post – I hope you all forgive me for my lack of attention during the final steps of my dissertation! I’m excited to say that even though I haven’t been blogging regularly...
by Meg | Dec 16, 2014 | animal, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, Travel, wildlife
Every December, PDX Wildlife shifts into high gear in order to prepare for the upcoming Giant Panda internships, which take place in Ya’an, Sichuan, China. We recently selected two Panda interns for the upcoming winter breeding season and will be opening up to...
by Meg | Oct 21, 2014 | animal, Conservation, Internship, Panda, photography, Science, Travel, wildlife
Given that we are accepting applications for the Winter/Spring 2015 Panda internship, we thought it would be appropriate to share some of our past experiences from our time in Ya’an, China. Even though the majority of an interns time will be spent at the panda...
