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?
The Boys and Girls of Bifengxia
Greetings from Bryan Kinane- Last Saturday we successfully made it one third of the way through our internship, suffice to...
Cool Personality Tests for Pandas
Hi friends, it’s Doireann Ferris back again. Here in Bifengxia the temperature has reached a scorching 34 degrees...
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...
Choosing Favorites at Bifengxia
This is Nicole Murray checking in- When you’re looking at photos from thousands of miles away, it can be hard to...
Familiar Chinese Faces
As PDXWildlife primarily posts on the happenings of pandas and interns, we thought it might be a nice gesture to speak...
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...
A Panda Bear Welcome
We returned to Bifengxia this afternoon and nothing says "welcome home" quite like a dozen curious panda faces all fixated...
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...
Adventures in Dujiangyan
After a three hour bus ride and a forty five minute taxi drive (which included driving to the wrong panda base) Nate and I...
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