by Meg | Apr 17, 2017 | Panda, Science |
If you’re like me, you may have randomly asked yourself, “what sound do pandas make?” Truthfully, before this internship, the only time I’ve ever heard a panda make any kind of noise was when I watched the famous “sneezing panda” video on youtube...
by Meg | Apr 7, 2017 | Panda |
We have hit the half way mark! By now we all have our favorite panda and mine is Wu Gang! He was one of the first pandas I met when I arrived at the Bifengxia Panda Base, and he has continued to grow on me over the past several weeks. Wu Gang is one in a...
by Meg | Apr 3, 2017 | Panda |
The male-male competition is in full swing, with over a third of the data already collected. Due to the current lull in the number of females in estrus, we are able to spend more time in areas outside of the breeding centre. The kindergarten being our favourite place...
by Meg | Apr 1, 2017 | Panda, Science |
There’s no doubt that this internship is one of the coolest you can have if you are interested in pandas. Getting to observe pandas all day and see inside their lives during the busy breeding season is quite an ideal gig, at least to me. Although our job is awesome...
by Meg | Mar 27, 2017 | Internship, Panda |
We’ve been in China for about a month now. How has time flown by so quickly yet at the same time, it feels as if we’ve been here for ages? I would like to believe that we’ve gotten the hang of things. The first couple of weeks were a little overwhelming, as we had to...
by Meg | Mar 24, 2017 | Panda |
Once a year, PDXWildlife campaigns to raise funds for giant panda research and equipment. This year, we need to replace our aging electronic equipment in order to continue collecting data at Bifengxia and Gengda. Our current setup of devices has lasted for 5 years and...
