by Meg | Jan 6, 2017 | Event
This years Panda-Monium event is being held in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 17th-19th. Given that PDXWildlife is in the Panda business, and this event brings together panda enthusiasts, we are more than thrilled to participate. What we are most excited about is to put...
by Meg | Jan 4, 2017 | Panda |
In preparation for going to the Wolong Panda Base in a few days to start a new study on panda reintroductions, I have been tasked with collecting urine samples from some of the pandas here at Bifengxia. By January 8th, I need to have collected urine from one male and...
by Meg | Jan 3, 2017 | Panda |
Over the last week we’ve had a few new arrivals here at Bifengxia. Two of these newly arrived pandas are Na Na and Zhang Ka. I was fortunate enough to complete stereotypic studies on both of these ladies on back-to-back days allowing me to get the scoop on these...
by Meg | Jan 2, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
Even though I just returned from China, we are preparing to send Meghan off later this week. With reintroduction studies kicking into high gear in Gengda, we are both scrambling to prepare behavioral ethograms and camera equipment as this is new territory for our...
by Meg | Dec 23, 2016 | Conservation, Science |
Giant panda no longer endangered The giant panda was down-listed from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Vulnerable’ on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list. This change in official status demonstrates how a multi-institutional, integrated conservation effort...
by Meg | Dec 22, 2016 | Panda, PDXWildlife |
PDXWildlife intern Zachary Steele was performing a maternal care observation on Shu Qin and her cub when the mom decided that it wasn’t time to let go just yet. Watch the two videos below to see what happens. They will leave you rooting for the cub- Hold on...
by Meg | Dec 21, 2016 | Internship
So the last couple of days have been absolutely insane but a common theme hidden within the craziness has been trees full of pandas. Yes you heard me correctly, trees overflowing with, more often than not, tiny little black and white fuzz balls. That’s because a...
by Meg | Dec 14, 2016 | PDXWildlife
Meghan and I are in a unique position as we get to know each intern rotation on a professional and personal level while spending several weeks training. We remain in contact after we return home with a weekly video call, but in reality they can contact us 24hrs a day...
by Meg | Dec 13, 2016 | Panda, PDXWildlife |
The Bifengxia panda base is currently entertaining a film crew that is producing a movie called: The Lady and the Panda. Which is based on the book with the same title. The book and movie are set to follow the romantic adventure of Ruth Harkness and her trek to Tibet...
by Meg | Dec 12, 2016 | China
While PDXWildlife heavily focuses their internship program on science and study design, an exciting and necessary addition is cultural immersion. Without diving head-first into the complexities of Chinese society, one might not receive the full experience that this...
