by Meg | May 14, 2016 | Science
As PDXWildlife says goodbye to the winter interns, the breeding season is also coming to a quick close. With only a few female stragglers remaining, it was a very successful time for both the bears and for PDXWildlife. Given that this is our first collection of...
by Meg | Apr 19, 2016 | Internship, Panda, Science
What could be more popular than Taco Bell after 1am and Starbuck’s PSL? Why giant panda mating of course! PDXWildlife is one group, of many interested, in helping this charismatic species evade extinction. In order to help giant pandas in the wild we conduct research...
by Meg | Apr 16, 2016 | Science
Hello PDXWildlife followers! This is Bryan Kinane, Summer Intern 2016. Originally from London, I recently graduated ARU University, Cambridge with a degree in Marine Biology and Animal Behaviour. During my undergraduate studies I was fortunate enough to travel to...
by Meg | Apr 11, 2016 | Internship, Panda, Science |
It’s been a sunny last few days here in Bifengxia jam packed with matings and film crews running around the breeding center. Last time I (Nicki) made dating profiles for some of the ‘Bifengxia Bachelors’ and I thought it was only fair that the girls get a chance to...
by Meg | Apr 4, 2016 | Panda, Science, Travel
We’re baaaaaaccckk! 🙂 We came home Saturday with tired feet and SO MANY pictures. Thousands of stairs were climbed during our mini-vacay to Leshan and Emeishan, but Ari will regale you with those adventures later in the week. Today, I wanted to share with you some of...
by Meg | Mar 30, 2016 | Panda, Science |
Some of you may be wondering what we do over here besides having bamboo fights and hanging out with pandas all day. We are conducting research on the effects of male-male competition in giant pandas during breeding season. The enclosures are set up so that a female...
