You Might Be a Panda!

You Might Be a Panda!

Eight things you might have in common with pandas: Are you a daily nap taker? Every afternoon the pandas lounge about and catch up on some sleep from their exhausting panda lifestyle. Bai Yang is no different! You are a messy eater! Xiang Ge is one of the many messy...
The Beautifully Small- Dian Dian (点点)

The Beautifully Small- Dian Dian (点点)

The Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CRCGP) at Bifengxia has just welcomed a new bear from Wolong, Sichuan, China.  She is 2 years old and her name is Dian Dian (点点).  She is a very cute bear because she is so little, weighing less than 25 kg (55...
Travel Plans and Upcoming Research

Travel Plans and Upcoming Research

With a couple hundred pounds of equipment and supplies stuffed into several full-sized roller bags, PDXWildlife is about to begin the Summer/Fall research season in Sichuan, China. Even though we’ve managed to turn this trip is  this a “family”...
PDXWildlife 2017 Annual Meeting

PDXWildlife 2017 Annual Meeting

Greetings All. We will be having our PDXWildlife annual meeting on July 20th, 2017 @ 6:00 PM. We plan on going over all of our accomplishments in the previous year as well as what we expect to see in the year ahead. The meeting is open to everyone, and we are...
Quick Trip to Hong Kong

Quick Trip to Hong Kong

Halfway through our internship in China and it feels like we have been here both an eternity and barely a moment. Although we just recently had a group trip to Emeishan, three of us still needed to leave the country for visa purposes. Thus: three day vacation in Hong...
2017 Christmas Giant Panda Internship

2017 Christmas Giant Panda Internship

Our 2017 “Christmas” Giant Panda Internship application will be closing on July 14th. This internship period is one of my favorites as the Sichuan weather is dry and cool. Our main focus during this time is to monitor the newborn cubs and to collect...
Four Days in Emeishan

Four Days in Emeishan

Having worked at the panda base for a solid month, everyone decided to spend a few “relaxing” days in the highly recommended mountain town of Emeishan. Mt. Emei, as it is also called, is renowned for its Buddhist temples, wild monkeys, and impressive...
Preparing for Panda Cubs- Katherine Brantley

Preparing for Panda Cubs- Katherine Brantley

I can’t believe we are now in our second month here in China! Time has flown by and we’ve made great progress in this summer’s studies. As many of you know, PDXWildlife interns are assigned specific projects at the start of the internship based on our interests and...
Pandas, Food, and Lorelei Burnside

Pandas, Food, and Lorelei Burnside

Since arriving in Ya’an I’ve had the opportunity to experience and learn many new things. Not just from the studying pandas, but also from exploring the busy city of Ya’an.  Here are a few of my favorite moments that I’d like to share with everyone!...