by Meg | Mar 31, 2015 | Endangered Species, Panda, Science, Travel, wildlife |
I promised Frances that I’d get some pictures of Su Lin and her new baby while in China. Little did I know that this request would be harder to fulfill than I originally thought! We left Ya’an on the 10th, stopped at the Dujiangyan giant panda base for...
by Meg | Mar 27, 2015 | Science
We promised to post a cute video Maria made that she wanted to share with you about her first weeks in China. Here it is! Hope you all enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRPvuTURMIc
by Meg | Mar 23, 2015 | Internship, Panda
As Nate mentioned with his fabulous video, our 2015 season started off with a bang! We’re so happy to be back doing what we love; traveling to China and watching pandas mate. Though one of the hardest seasons to be an intern (the workload is heavy, the...
by Meg | Mar 19, 2015 | animal, Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, photography, Projects, Science, Travel, wildlife
Meghan and I just returned from Ya’an, Sichuan, China- A little jet lagged, but very excited to have Ryan and Maria, our two new winter interns, continuing the panda behavioral research. Both interns received a warm welcome from the people of Ya’an, and we...
by Meg | Feb 25, 2015 | Science
In case you missed our newly posted 2014 annual report, we’re welcoming two new board members to PDXWildlife, Sharon Glaeser and Ian Garrett. We won’t inundate you with both of their resumes at once so we’ll start with Sharon. Go check out her brand...
by Meg | Jan 21, 2015 | Internship, Panda, Science |
As I mentioned in our earlier post introducing Ryan Boarman we’ve been lucky enough to increase our internship program with our new panda projects. Not only will Ryan be traveling to China in about one month, but Maria Blanco Perez will also be joining us!...
by Meg | Jan 6, 2015 | Internship, Panda
We are excited to announce that our Summer 2015 Panda Internship is now open. The interns will focus on collecting personality profiles through behavioral analysis on the bears. We will be accepting two interns who will live in Ya’an, Sichuan, China. The...
by Meg | Dec 30, 2014 | Endangered Species, Internship, Panda
I know it’s been a depressingly long time since I’ve written a post – I hope you all forgive me for my lack of attention during the final steps of my dissertation! I’m excited to say that even though I haven’t been blogging regularly...
by Meg | Dec 16, 2014 | animal, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, Travel, wildlife
Every December, PDX Wildlife shifts into high gear in order to prepare for the upcoming Giant Panda internships, which take place in Ya’an, Sichuan, China. We recently selected two Panda interns for the upcoming winter breeding season and will be opening up to...
by Meg | Nov 2, 2014 | Around PDX, Conservation, Education, Environmental Impact, pollution, Projects, Science, wildlife
In order to understand the effect that a lead vs. a non-lead bullet will have upon a target, you have to fire each round into something that allows you to see the impact. Ballistics gel, which is available on Amazon.com, can be very costly. Alternatively, there are...
