by Meg | Oct 15, 2015 | China, Panda, PDX Wildlife |
Meghan and I are back in China to setup and receive training in endocrinology techniques to analyze all of the feces that we have collected. The poop is collected at Bifengxia, but is analyzed at the new Dujiangyan Veterinary facilities. If you are wondering- Does...
by Meg | Aug 28, 2015 | Panda |
Our camera-savvy PDX Wildlife intern, Angelica Ruedas, was able to snap a few cub photos while she was collecting data at the Bifengxia breeding center. The only dilemma that I am having in posting them is that I am unsure of who is who. All of the cubs in the photos...
by Meg | Aug 26, 2015 | China, Panda
The base has recently been booming with newborns; newborn twins that is! There are currently 12 babies at Bifengxia! Recently, Ge Ge gave birth to twins on Sunday night 08/09/2015, Jing Xin who gave birth to twins on Friday night 08/14/2015, and the famous San Diego...
by Meg | Aug 8, 2015 | Panda
As you have probably guessed from reading this blog, PDXWildlife does most of our work at Bifengxia and not the Chengdu base. The relationship between specific giant panda bases and zoos/research organizations tends to be pretty tight. For example, San Diego Zoo has...
by Meg | Jul 30, 2015 | Panda
As requested by loyal followers on our facebook page, Nate’s gone around the base and gotten pictures and some video of the new littles (my euphemism for baby pandas) at Bifengxia. Here’s the lovely pictures and video he’s taken: Ying Hua ...
by Meg | Jul 29, 2015 | Conservation, Panda
After being in China for almost a month and a half I have adjusted quite well and I am really enjoying my time. After being in a captive environment and Bifengxia Panda base I started to think about the wild populations. Bifengxia is part of The China...