by Meg | Mar 15, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Nonprofit, Panda, PDX Wildlife, photography, Science, Travel, wildlife |
After the partial destruction of the Wolong panda center during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, plans were laid out to build a new facility a few kilometers away. Additionally, a disease control center was to be built closer to Chengdu. It has now been five years since...
by Meg | Mar 14, 2013 | animal, coal, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Panda, pollution, Science, Travel, wildlife
Being the only Americans in a city of 1.25 million, you tend to stick out a little bit. It just so happened that we caught the eye of a reporter from the Ya’an Daily Newspaper. Over a steaming bowl of Ya’an’s best noodles at Mr. Cheng’s, we...
by Meg | Mar 13, 2013 | Panda, Science, wildlife |
Are you ready for some of the cutest pictures EVER? I spent a lot of time around the kindergarten recently since there isn’t any breeding going on. These are Long Xin, Xi Mei, Shui Xiu, and Si Xue’s cubs from last years breeding. I...
by Meg | Mar 8, 2013 | pollution |
When we arrived in China this year, we immediately noticed a difference in how much smog there was. The long corridors of the airport terminals were hazy and our line of sight was reduced to a few hundred feet. We couldn’t tell if it was our mind playing tricks...
by Meg | Mar 7, 2013 | Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Science
Did you notice the menu change on our front page? Yep – that’s right we’ve blogged about it a couple of times but PDXSeafood will finally be making it’s debut this summer. We’ve partnered with the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood...
by Meg | Mar 6, 2013 | animal, Panda, Science, wildlife |
I’ve decided that “The Year of the Snake” just doesn’t cut it for a description of this years pandas so I’ve decided to rename the year to “The Year of the Arboreal Panda”. It seems like tree climbing is in the air (literally...
by Meg | Mar 4, 2013 | coal, Environmental Impact, Misc., Panda, pollution, Science, Travel, wildlife
Both Meghan and I were approached by a few kids from the local high school and asked if we could come and lecture for a few hours on what we do in China. It was quite a treat to learn about the lives of the students and how they all seem to think that biologist...
by Meg | Mar 4, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Panda, pollution, Science, wildlife
The extreme difficulty in obtaining permits to transfer biological samples back to the United States from China has caused our mercury project to use a lab here in China. We are very pleased to have made contact with one of China’s foremost Methylmercury...
by Meg | Mar 2, 2013 | animal, Internship, Panda, Science
We’d like you to meet our new panda intern, Stephanie McMahon. Stephanie will be arriving in Ya’An March 19th and will be working on the mate preference study. Stephanie has always had a passion for animals (especially bears!) and conservation. A large...
by Meg | Feb 28, 2013 | animal, Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Panda, Science |
The Portland Tribune has featured our panda research on the front page, emphasizing the importance of mate choice in zoos. Check out the article and let me know what you think! It’s perfect timing as March is the month for panda breeding. -Meg
