by Meg | Mar 16, 2013 | Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Panda, Science, wildlife |
I recently received an email from Michaela Henderson who was writing a report for her middle school class. She asked, “Why are pandas colored the way that they are? Just to look cute, or to trap heat during the winter, or something else?” I always get...
by Meg | Mar 15, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Nonprofit, Panda, PDX Wildlife, photography, Science, Travel, wildlife |
After the partial destruction of the Wolong panda center during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, plans were laid out to build a new facility a few kilometers away. Additionally, a disease control center was to be built closer to Chengdu. It has now been five years since...
by Meg | Mar 14, 2013 | animal, coal, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Panda, pollution, Science, Travel, wildlife
Being the only Americans in a city of 1.25 million, you tend to stick out a little bit. It just so happened that we caught the eye of a reporter from the Ya’an Daily Newspaper. Over a steaming bowl of Ya’an’s best noodles at Mr. Cheng’s, we...
by Meg | Mar 13, 2013 | Panda, Science, wildlife |
Are you ready for some of the cutest pictures EVER? I spent a lot of time around the kindergarten recently since there isn’t any breeding going on. These are Long Xin, Xi Mei, Shui Xiu, and Si Xue’s cubs from last years breeding. I...
by Meg | Mar 6, 2013 | animal, Panda, Science, wildlife |
I’ve decided that “The Year of the Snake” just doesn’t cut it for a description of this years pandas so I’ve decided to rename the year to “The Year of the Arboreal Panda”. It seems like tree climbing is in the air (literally...
by Meg | Mar 4, 2013 | coal, Environmental Impact, Misc., Panda, pollution, Science, Travel, wildlife
Both Meghan and I were approached by a few kids from the local high school and asked if we could come and lecture for a few hours on what we do in China. It was quite a treat to learn about the lives of the students and how they all seem to think that biologist...
