Climb for Cats Charity Fundraiser

by | Sep 14, 2011 | Event

If you’re in the Portland area this weekend on Saturday the 17th and want to contribute to a wildlife cause (or perhaps reducing unwanted wildlife in the city is a more appropriate way to word it) then stop by the First Annual Climb for Cats.  All proceeds will...

September Swift Migration

by | Sep 8, 2011 | Event

Grab some beverages, a blanket, and some goodies and head on over to the Chapman School for the swifts migration and roosting every night in September.  The swifts are at their peak right now with literally hundreds of swifts flying in and out every night.  Portland...

Panda poop as biofuel: who’d have thought?

by | Sep 2, 2011 | Panda

The thing I like most about science is the types of projects you get when you bring in someone from an entirely different field who has new fresh ideas.  I definitely wouldn’t have thought to study the bacteria that create a special enzyme that help pandas to...

First cubs born in Bifengxia

by | Sep 1, 2011 | Panda

Zhang Ka gave birth to twins on August 20 in a semi-wild enclosure at Bifengxia (BFX).  Zhang Ka mated with Bai Yang (such a handsome and the keepers say “experienced” male) on March 22, 23 and gave birth 5 months later. There are two cubs one male and one...

To Astoria for photos

by | Aug 29, 2011 | Marine Mammal

Nate’s journal article got accepted into Marine Mammal Science.  It’s always exciting to get a publication.  It really wraps up a section of a project nicely and feels so gratifying to see that one of our goals was accomplished.  The journal takes...
Gearing up for China & Pandas

Gearing up for China & Pandas

by | Aug 28, 2011 | Panda

We’re gearing up for China.  For such a long stint abroad there are many ducks we have to get in a row: visas, apartments to live in, and research equipment to buy and ship.  We just bought our plan tickets which is always the first, and most exciting, step in...