Passageway To Our Life’s Work

Passageway To Our Life’s Work

As I board another long distance flight to Chengdu, I am pleased by the fact that I am embarking into new territory for PDXWildlife. For this is our first foray into collecting data during the holiday season. Over the last four years, we simply didn’t need to...
Test Your Panda Personality

Test Your Panda Personality

If you have ever wondered which panda your personality is most closely related to, then you should come take our panda personality test. Our wonderfully talented past intern, Doireann Ferris, put together a quiz that will match your personality to a particular panda...
A Fully Functional Freeze Dryer

A Fully Functional Freeze Dryer

With the generous support from PDXWildlife followers, we were able to raise over $2000 to purchase a laboratory grade freeze dryer. The extremely large and heavy unit is now setup in our office at Bifengxia. This allows us to keep a close relationship with a copious...
Calling in all Favors

Calling in all Favors

PDXWildlife has hit a significant speed bump. As you might have seen in previous posts, we had to end our Dujiangyan trip suddenly. This was due to the fact that the resources available to analyze panda feces was insufficient and immediately caused a backlog in our...
A Beautiful Day at Bifengxia

A Beautiful Day at Bifengxia

The weather is absolutely perfect here at Bifengxia. It’s about 75 degrees, the humidity is low, and the sky is clear from the previous nights rain. The cicadas haven’t shown up just yet, so the ambient sounds outside are filled with panda bleats and...
Back to Ya’an

Back to Ya’an

Never did I imagine myself saying this, but I miss our little slice of heaven back in Ya’an. Even though we are near the CCRCGP Dujiangyan Base, we are a considerable ways away from the city center- 30 minutes to be exact. Staying in downtown would cost an arm...