by Meg | Aug 21, 2017 | Internship |
My adventure began with a 13 hour nonstop flight from Chicago O’Hare Airport to Beijing. I claimed my bag, went through customs and hurried to catch my flight to Chengdu only to find there was a delay. After 8 hours of waiting and trying to sleep on the...
by Meg | Aug 17, 2017 | Internship |
Hello from Canada! I’m so excited to have been selected as one of PDXWildlife’s interns heading to China in August. It has always been a dream of mine to travel to China and it is an even greater privilege to be able to study my favourite animal, the giant panda. My...
by Meg | Aug 16, 2017 | Internship |
Hello Everyone! I’m very excited to announce that I will be joining PDXWildlife’s team of fall 2017 Interns at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Ya’an, China! I could not be more enthusiastic about this opportunity to contribute to the...
by Meg | Aug 15, 2017 | Internship |
Hello! My name is Hallie Kirschner and I am one of the new interns for PDXWildlife. I recently graduated from the University of Rochester with a double major in Biology and Psychology. I hosted a weekly radio show for my school’s internet station, played as wing for...
by Meg | Aug 9, 2017 | Internship |
Hi everyone! My name is Nicole Gordon and I am excited to be a 2017 Giant Panda Intern for PDXWildlife in Gengda, China studying reintroduction training. I graduated in May of 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in biology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. From...
by Meg | Aug 6, 2017 | Internship |
Giant pandas give birth to twins about 50% of the time. Interestingly, this season at Bifengxia, the majority of births have been twins. Though a twin birth is equally likely, mothers often choose to raise only one cub. She may attempt to care for both at birth, but...
