by Meg | May 8, 2017 | Internship |
With the end of the breeding season quickly approaching, we now begin to transition over to our summer studies. As we say goodbye to Hope, Stephanie, Gigi, and Hailey, we also need to welcome our next set of interns. In typical PDXWildlife fashion, we like to send out...
by Meg | May 3, 2017 | Science
Starting in 2017 (reflecting on how far we’ve come in the last 6 years) and now with the internship application deadline coming up for our new reintroduction program, I’ve been reflecting on what our program may mean to developing biologists. That started...
by Meg | Apr 26, 2017 | Panda |
We are nearing the end of breeding season for the pandas and will soon be approaching the highly anticipated cub season. Pandas are usually born in the late summer, from July to September with the peak usually in August. Scientists believe that in the wild,...
by Meg | Apr 19, 2017 | Science |
“Shifting” in zoos and sanctuaries means to move an animal from one enclosure to the next, through a door. Shifting can be done by calling out a word like the animal’s name, a key word, or by positive reinforcement (food or enrichment). At the China...
by Meg | Apr 17, 2017 | Panda, Science |
If you’re like me, you may have randomly asked yourself, “what sound do pandas make?” Truthfully, before this internship, the only time I’ve ever heard a panda make any kind of noise was when I watched the famous “sneezing panda” video on youtube...
by Meg | Apr 12, 2017 | Science |
It’s no secret that when traveling to a foreign country, especially one that speaks a different language, you will hit a couple of speed bumps. Whether it’s on the base or in the city, we do indeed run into communication problems. On the base, we sometimes have...
by Meg | Apr 7, 2017 | Panda |
We have hit the half way mark! By now we all have our favorite panda and mine is Wu Gang! He was one of the first pandas I met when I arrived at the Bifengxia Panda Base, and he has continued to grow on me over the past several weeks. Wu Gang is one in a...
by Meg | Apr 3, 2017 | Internship
PDXWildlife is excited to announce the opening of our “Reintroduction” and “Weaning” internship opportunities. We will be accepting three interns (1 for Reintro & 2 for Weaning), who will be living in the cooler climate in Gengda, Sichuan,...
by Meg | Apr 3, 2017 | Panda |
The male-male competition is in full swing, with over a third of the data already collected. Due to the current lull in the number of females in estrus, we are able to spend more time in areas outside of the breeding centre. The kindergarten being our favourite place...
by Meg | Apr 1, 2017 | Panda, Science |
There’s no doubt that this internship is one of the coolest you can have if you are interested in pandas. Getting to observe pandas all day and see inside their lives during the busy breeding season is quite an ideal gig, at least to me. Although our job is awesome...
