by Meg | Aug 5, 2013 | Environmental Impact, Science
Good progress was made on developing a prospectus for the independent field study involving macrofungi. However, I’m learning in science and through this internship that there is always room for improvement (especially as research projects develop). After...
by Meg | Jul 15, 2013 | Science
Go check out our new internship opportunities. Our internship experiences provide budding conservation biologists with practical experience and are vital to our companies success. Pass these opportunities along to anyone you think may be interested....
by Meg | Jul 14, 2013 | Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Science, Sustainable seafood
Farming seafood holds great promise as a solution to the ever-increasing pressures on our ocean resources. And guess what? Seafood Watch’s “The State of Seafood Report” found that humans will soon eat more seafood from farms than from the oceans. ...
by Meg | Jun 26, 2013 | Around PDX, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Science, Sustainable seafood
*Tomorrow our first menus come out! Make sure to comment if you see them!* Did you know that 118 million tons of fish are extracted from oceans each year? Yep that’s a MILLION TONS! And what’s even scarier is that we expect this number to increase by an...
by Meg | Jun 22, 2013 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Panda, Science, wildlife |
Since starting the personality studies, I’ve noticed that each panda approaches the enrichment items differently. I’ve seen pandas swat at the basketball or pick the ball up to hold it, and I’ve seen a panda place her paw on a piece of ice and rub it back and forth...
by Meg | Jun 10, 2013 | Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife |
I started the personality study a couple of weeks ago and so far every panda has had a different reaction to the novel objects. Other than deflating the basketball, Hai Zi showed little interest in either of the novel objects. Xin Nier interacted with most of the...
