by Meg | Apr 11, 2016 | Internship, Panda, Science |
It’s been a sunny last few days here in Bifengxia jam packed with matings and film crews running around the breeding center. Last time I (Nicki) made dating profiles for some of the ‘Bifengxia Bachelors’ and I thought it was only fair that the girls get a chance to...
by Meg | Apr 4, 2016 | Panda, Science, Travel
We’re baaaaaaccckk! 🙂 We came home Saturday with tired feet and SO MANY pictures. Thousands of stairs were climbed during our mini-vacay to Leshan and Emeishan, but Ari will regale you with those adventures later in the week. Today, I wanted to share with you some of...
by Meg | Mar 30, 2016 | Panda, Science |
Some of you may be wondering what we do over here besides having bamboo fights and hanging out with pandas all day. We are conducting research on the effects of male-male competition in giant pandas during breeding season. The enclosures are set up so that a female...
by Meg | Mar 25, 2016 | Panda, PDXWildlife
After a few intense days of introductions, the experienced staff at Bifengxia was successful in naturally breeding You You with Xiang Ge. I have to admit that I was skeptical that the pair would pull it off, but after two attempts, Xiang Ge correctly mounted with You...
by Meg | Mar 24, 2016 | Internship, Panda, PDXWildlife |
The breeding center is unusually quiet as there is only a single female in estrus at the moment. Her hormone levels peaked as of yesterday, but she hasn’t responded well to any of her neighbor males. You You (#648) is from the Chongqing Zoological Gardens in...
by Meg | Mar 22, 2016 | Panda |
Many of the people that we have either met in person or follow our research have the unique quality of being able to identify pandas from a very limited amount of information. We thought we would incite some competition amongst these dedicated few by putting their...
