Saving Species
Our Mission
Protect and restore species and habitat diversity for future generations through our local and global wildlife conservation initiatives.
Our Work
Priorities, Research, Engagement
Giant Panda
Taylor's Checkerspot
Internships
Male-Male Competition
Operations
Maternal Care
What We Do
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Research
We develop and conduct innovative in situ and ex situ wildlife research to identify critical conservation issues and provide creative solutions to managers and fellow scientists.
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Internships
We train promising young scientists through our intensive internship programs and educate local communities on actions they can take to conserve and benefit from their natural resources.
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Applied Biology
We focus our research to answer specific pressing questions imperiled species are encountering and incorporate the newest innovations and cutting edge research into our conservation projects.
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Integration
We integrate the above techniques to implement focused conservation initiatives at the LOCAL level that promote and support wildlife, habitat, and biodiversity conservation at the GLOBAL level.
Who We Are
Meghan Martin, PhD
Director
Meagan Gombart
Communications/Outreach Manager
Katie Zajac
Research Associate
Sharon Glaeser
Conservation Biologist
What’s Happening Now?
Go Wide…or go Long?
It's Time! Time to collect data! Now that you've had a chance to make your own ethogram, it’s finally time to begin...
Ask a Question…Develop a Hypothesis!
How do you start a behavioral research study? In our previous blog, we shared some of the techniques to doing behavioral...
Make your own Animal Behavior Ethogram!
No more tally sheets! That's right...for the last decade or so, we've thrown out the antiquated, hand-marked tally sheets...
How do Scientists Record Animal Behavior?
Ever wonder how we measure animal behavior? Recently, we answered the question ‘’Why Animal Behavior?’’ Now it’s time to...
Why Animal Behaviour?
Ever wonder how and why we measure animal behavior? If you have decided to join our Pacing Pandas Citizen Scientist team...
It’s that Time of Year Again!
How are Pandas coping with all this craziness?…Seems to be quite the productive Spring for them!!
Victoria Hope: 2020 Winter Reintroduction Intern
Victoria Hope talks about the education and professional background that led her to become a PDXWildlife intern.
Goodbye 2019 . . . Hello 2020!
Sitting here the eve before a brand new decade at my desk, and I’m thinking about how much has happened over the past 10...
Giant Panda Winter Internship Open
Intern setting camera traps for reintroduction personality study at Hetaoping. Talks in China went really well and we're...
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