by Meg | May 3, 2015 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda, Travel
Traveling, working, and living abroad while learning a new culture and not able to speak the local language has many challenges. Doing so allows you to grow as an individual, teaches you to be adaptable and gives you the opportunity to connect and get a glimpse of a...
by Meg | May 1, 2015 | Internship
We are excited to announce that we just got permission to continue our Fall 2015 Panda Internships! The position is now open but closes fast (May 22, 2015). The interns will focus on collecting maternal behavior, fecal samples, and stereotypical behavior through...
by Meg | Apr 29, 2015 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda, Science, wildlife
Ge Ge and Fei Fei Matings: I promised keep you updated with Ge Ge and Fei Fei the two females currently going into estrus. Ge Ge successfully mated on Sunday with Jin Ke (he is doing great for his first season, right?) and on Monday she mated with Wu Gang (I think she...
by Meg | Apr 25, 2015 | animal, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda, photography, Science, Travel |
The first month in Ya’an went by very fast. So far the research is going well. I have learned so much form being here for just one month. At the beginning I was worried I would not remember the Panda names, worried it would be very difficult to communicate with...
by Meg | Apr 22, 2015 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Panda, Science, wildlife |
First, Happy Earth Day! And second, sorry this post has been long time coming! But since my schedule isn’t getting any lighter I thought I’d throw up the pictures of Hua Mei and Hua Rong – her little boy! As most of you know, Hua Mei...
by Meg | Apr 19, 2015 | Internship, Panda, Science |
Help me welcom Lauran to PDXWildlife as one of our summer interns at Bifengxia! Lauran graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in biology with minors in chemistry and Spanish from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and started in career in health care. In...
by Meg | Apr 18, 2015 | Nonprofit, Panda, Science
Maria has decided to start writing weekly panda bulletins from Bifengxia – I thought this was a fabulous idea. See what’s happening below . . . Cute mini Pandas: These super cute babies are being transferred to a different Panda base, because the...
by Meg | Apr 17, 2015 | Endangered Species, Panda, wildlife
Do you know who the first westerners to shoot a Giant Panda where? If not and you’re interested read on . . . During an expedition to China funded by the Field Museum of Natural History in the 1920s, Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (sons of President...
by Meg | Apr 11, 2015 | animal, Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda
Do I have culture shock? Yes, a little, but I think the hardest part of being in China so far is the language. The language is extremely hard to speak, even something as simple as tea (cha) is hard for them to understand me, since Chinese is a tonal language and I...
by Meg | Apr 10, 2015 | animal, Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife
Yesterday I was reading a book from the Base and I learned many interesting stories about Pandas. I thought it will be a nice topic to write about, so here is the first story of many: “The Panda and the fashion designer”: Do you know who was the first person to take...
