by Meg | Dec 4, 2017 | Internship |
My name is Jeremy Vandenberg, and I recently graduated from Middlebury College with a Conservation Biology major and Chinese minor. Much of my time in school was spent out in the field conducting macroinvertebrate surveys or bird banding, in the lab, or in my room...
by Meg | Dec 3, 2017 | Travel |
I love visiting Bifengxia in December for multiple reasons. The first is that we are outside of the tourist season and the airplanes, buses, and cities are somewhat empty. Second is the cold temperatures. Lastly, and arguably my favorite, is that I get to have...
by Meg | Dec 1, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
With full access to the bears at Bifengxia, PDXWildlife can, most of the time, grab a few photos of the public access bears for anybody who asks. One such request came from a loyal Facebook follower who has been very patient with us. So, during my lunch break, I...
by Meg | Nov 29, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
Ya’an still isn’t awake as we leave the apartment at 6:30 am to grab some breakfast before heading up the hill to Bifengxia. Our typical meal consists of meat or mushroom dumplings and warm soy milk in bowls, usually costing about 0.85 cents. The...
by Meg | Nov 28, 2017 | Panda |
[vc_row full_width=”1″][vc_column][vc_column_text]#GivingTuesday is a national giving movement to celebrate the causes that you hold most dear to your heart! We hope PDXWildlife and our research is one of those causes! If you’re inspired to give to...
by Meg | Nov 27, 2017 | Internship, Panda |
As Nate and the new interns get set up I thought I’d take the time to introduce you to the group you’ll be reading about over the next couple of weeks in Bifengxia. Here’s the introductory blog from the first of our three Christmas interns, Mingfei...
by Meg | Nov 25, 2017 | Science |
PDXWildlife is proud to have just published an article in The Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology for their work on Blood Lead Levels in Captive Giant Pandas. This research is the product of a successful collaboration between the CCRCGP, Magellan...
by Meg | Nov 23, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at PDXWildlife. It’s been a great year so far and its about to get a little more exciting as Nate leaves for China on Saturday to welcome and train the Fall interns at Bifengxia. For the past few weeks our office has busily...
by Meg | Nov 15, 2017 | Internship, Panda |
Rounding the corner behind BXP, I eagerly await seeing the smiling face of Duo Duo the panda. The past few weeks of persistent drizzling does not seem to stop Duo Duo from greeting me outside the door of her indoor enclosure. We get a clear view of one another, only...
by Meg | Nov 13, 2017 | Internship, Panda |
Bai Yang, one of the most frequented pandas you come across at the base, should be on a watch list. From his good looks, to his winning personality, it’s hard to stay away from this handsome boy. This guy is a true outdoor bear; that becomes very stereotypical when...
