by Meg | Jan 4, 2017 | Panda |
In preparation for going to the Wolong Panda Base in a few days to start a new study on panda reintroductions, I have been tasked with collecting urine samples from some of the pandas here at Bifengxia. By January 8th, I need to have collected urine from one male and...
by Meg | Jan 3, 2017 | Panda |
Over the last week we’ve had a few new arrivals here at Bifengxia. Two of these newly arrived pandas are Na Na and Zhang Ka. I was fortunate enough to complete stereotypic studies on both of these ladies on back-to-back days allowing me to get the scoop on these...
by Meg | Dec 22, 2016 | Panda, PDXWildlife |
PDXWildlife intern Zachary Steele was performing a maternal care observation on Shu Qin and her cub when the mom decided that it wasn’t time to let go just yet. Watch the two videos below to see what happens. They will leave you rooting for the cub- Hold on...
by Meg | Dec 13, 2016 | Panda, PDXWildlife |
The Bifengxia panda base is currently entertaining a film crew that is producing a movie called: The Lady and the Panda. Which is based on the book with the same title. The book and movie are set to follow the romantic adventure of Ruth Harkness and her trek to Tibet...
by Meg | Dec 10, 2016 | Panda, Travel
Busy days here at the Bifengxia panda base. Not only from PDXWildlife studies, but also from a massive reconstruction of the tourist facilities and bear pens. As all of the remodeling began about a year ago, they seem to have wrapped the majority of the work up...
by Meg | Dec 8, 2016 | Internship, Panda |
Stephanie Wong tells us about her first few days as a PDXWildlife panda intern- It’s been a week since I arrived to Ya’an and there hasn’t been a single boring day. I am busy learning all the research techniques and protocols, and navigating the panda base. I am...
