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...
by Meg | Mar 2, 2013 | animal, Internship, Panda, Science
We’d like you to meet our new panda intern, Stephanie McMahon. Stephanie will be arriving in Ya’An March 19th and will be working on the mate preference study. Stephanie has always had a passion for animals (especially bears!) and conservation. A large...
by Meg | Dec 3, 2012 | Internship, Misc.
Hello everyone! I am so happy to be a part of the PDXWildlife team (Thank You to Meg for the very nice introduction & write-up!) and I am so excited to be writing my very first blog post! I have just recently returned from Indonesia and have much to share with you...
by Meg | Nov 19, 2012 | Internship, Panda, Travel
If you’re interested in working on reproductive behavior in giant pandas or conservation biology in general and want a great opportunity – you’ve found it. I’m looking for two students to be at the CCRCGP during part of my stay and the rest of...
by Meg | Oct 3, 2012 | Internship, Panda
Starting on October 1 is an eight day holiday here in China, called National Day. From what I can gather everyone in China has this time off and travels. I believe that most of them have come to Bi Fengxia to see pandas. The bus ride up to base normally takes about 30...
by Meg | Sep 8, 2012 | Internship, Panda, Travel
Arina transitioned me to China for about a week and we have been getting along great. She showed me around the base the second day I was here and the next day we transitioned the projects and performed a reliability test for the behavioral scoring. All behavior...
