by Meg | Aug 19, 2017 | PDXWildlife, Science |
We departed Gengda for Chengdu as we are now shifting gears to our research at Bifengxia. The fall interns arrive this weekend and we will all head to Ya’an on the 21st. It was hard to leave Zack and Nicki, but we are more than happy to hand over the...
by Meg | Aug 17, 2017 | Internship |
Hello from Canada! I’m so excited to have been selected as one of PDXWildlife’s interns heading to China in August. It has always been a dream of mine to travel to China and it is an even greater privilege to be able to study my favourite animal, the giant panda. My...
by Meg | Aug 16, 2017 | Internship |
Hello Everyone! I’m very excited to announce that I will be joining PDXWildlife’s team of fall 2017 Interns at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Ya’an, China! I could not be more enthusiastic about this opportunity to contribute to the...
by Meg | Aug 15, 2017 | Internship |
Hello! My name is Hallie Kirschner and I am one of the new interns for PDXWildlife. I recently graduated from the University of Rochester with a double major in Biology and Psychology. I hosted a weekly radio show for my school’s internet station, played as wing for...
by Meg | Aug 13, 2017 | How to help
PDXWildlife needs to re-hire Zachary David for the Winter 2018 field season. Zack is currently contracted to assist us with our giant panda reintroduction research in Gengda, Sichuan, China, but his funding runs out later this year. If we are able to raise the travel...
by Meg | Aug 10, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
With a cool breeze hitting our faces early in the morning, the CCRCGP delegate pointed towards a break between the mountains about 1000 vertical feet up. The extra body weight that I decided to put on was yelling at me to turn around, but the opportunity to see and...
by Meg | Aug 9, 2017 | Internship |
Hi everyone! My name is Nicole Gordon and I am excited to be a 2017 Giant Panda Intern for PDXWildlife in Gengda, China studying reintroduction training. I graduated in May of 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in biology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. From...
by Meg | Aug 7, 2017 | PDXWildlife, Science |
Working with and conducting novel research on giant pandas is, admittedly, a very cool job. But, what really makes this a dream come true is that we get to do this as a family. When I’m jet lagged, sitting in the dark on the living room couch at 2:30 in the...
by Meg | Aug 6, 2017 | Internship |
Giant pandas give birth to twins about 50% of the time. Interestingly, this season at Bifengxia, the majority of births have been twins. Though a twin birth is equally likely, mothers often choose to raise only one cub. She may attempt to care for both at birth, but...
by Meg | Aug 4, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
With no major setbacks in our travel, the whole family made it safe to Chengdu. In typical PDXWildlife style, we wasted little time and headed to Gengda the following morning. Top picture is the view from our apartment- so beautiful. The small SUV that the panda base...
