by Meg | Mar 21, 2016 | Internship, Panda |
Hi, Alyssa here. Remember that classic MTV show, Cribs? No? Maybe not? For those of you who aren’t familiar, Cribs was a show where a camera crew would go into celebrities’ homes for a brief tour of their luxurious living quarters. That’s it, that’s all there was to...
by Meg | Mar 20, 2016 | Panda, PDX Wildlife
PDXWildlife has had a nearly constant presence at Bifengxia since 2011. Given the size of the facility it’s easy to meet a new faces each year. I first met Cheng Jian Bin, or “Bean” as we call him, last winter. Little did I know that he has been here...
by Meg | Mar 18, 2016 | Panda, PDX Wildlife |
A vast majority of our posts are focused on giant pandas, with little attention given to staff who take care of these black and white balls of fur. Let’s turn the table and focus on the keepers in a mini series so aptly named- Keeper Profiles. ...
by Meg | Mar 17, 2016 | Internship, Panda
Ni Hao! It’s Jenn. One of the things I was looking forward to the most was meeting all of the pandas and discovering their personalities. Many of you may think that most of the pandas look a like, which they do in some aspects, but as you get to know them you can pick...
by Meg | Mar 15, 2016 | Internship, Panda, PDX Wildlife
The PDXWildlife Fall Internship is now open for applications. This is one of the most exciting times to be an intern at the Bifengxia, China panda base because this is the height of the cub season. We are looking for well-qualified undergraduate seniors or recently...
by Meg | Mar 12, 2016 | Internship, Panda |
Ari tells us how fascinating panda behavior is as she recounts her first couple of weeks at the CCRCGP as a PDXWildlife giant panda intern: “In our first couple weeks observing panda behaviors, I have already realized how little I truly knew about pandas....