by ddishman | May 9, 2013 | Around PDX, Science
Who wants lunch? If you’ve been following us here at PDXWildlife you know we’re big fans of sustainable seafood. And so is our home state! As a result of grants from the Farm to School and School Garden bill, schools in Bend, Oregon have implemented a...
by Meg | May 6, 2013 | Around PDX, Conservation, Crested Gibbon, wildlife
Julia Ruppell, now officially Dr. Julia Ruppell, defended her dissertation work on white-cheeked crested gibbons in May. She will be taking about a year to write up the results and get them published but here’s a snap shot of what she was studying. The...
by Meg | Apr 21, 2013 | Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Internship, Panda, Science |
Just wanted to let everyone know that the BiFengXia panda base and our intern Stephanie were both unhurt in the earthquake in Lushan, China (very close to Ya’An). Here’s Stephanie’s blog reporting the entire experience: Steph writes,...
by Meg | Apr 4, 2013 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife
It’s been a week since I’ve arrived in China and I already feel as though it has been the experience of a lifetime. I arrived in Ya’An on the 20th of March feeling extremely jet-lagged from the almost 3 day trip but within a couple of days was right on track and...
by Meg | Mar 24, 2013 | animal, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife
As Nate mentioned earlier, Stephanie (our new intern) arrived just in the nick of time for breeding season to go into full swing. It’s as if the pandas new she’d be completely overwhelmed if they all went into estrous the first couple of days she arrived....
by Meg | Mar 23, 2013 | animal, Antarctica, Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Marine Mammal, Misc., pollution, Science, wildlife
One of the key factors in establishing PDXSeafood, our sustainable seafood program, is the declining status of the worlds overfished oceans. I recently came across an article that was informative and worth a read. Click on the link below to access the article....
by Meg | Mar 21, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, grass roots, Panda
As Nate alluded to, we’re crazy busy at the panda base (breeding video to come soon!) but I wanted to write a quick post about how our project was featured on mircroryza.com and zooborns.com today. Microryza is an innovative new “crowd funding...
by Meg | Mar 20, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, Travel, wildlife
Just as our Spring intern, Stephanie McMahon arrived, the majority of the Bifeng Xia pandas have decided that they would begin breeding. The much needed assistance that Stephanie is providing will help to collect important behavioral data. It’s a job that...
by Meg | Mar 17, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Panda, photography, Science, Travel
As an advisor for Meghan’s PhD panda project, it was an extreme delight to spend a few days with David touring the facilities here in Sichuan, China. David is an extremely knowledgeable scientist and quite the accomplished traveller given his ability to handle a...
by Meg | Mar 16, 2013 | Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Panda, Science, wildlife |
I recently received an email from Michaela Henderson who was writing a report for her middle school class. She asked, “Why are pandas colored the way that they are? Just to look cute, or to trap heat during the winter, or something else?” I always get...
