by Meg | Jun 7, 2016 | PDXWildlife
Two beloved bears from the United States- Tai Shan from the National Zoo and Mei Sheng from the San Diego Zoo, were our first stops at Dujiangyan. They both seemed to be drawing in quite a crowd from the other fellow tourists/onlookers, including Hailey and myself....
by Meg | Jun 4, 2016 | PDXWildlife |
When you have four superstar interns, the workload is considerably less than you might think. Hailey, Doireann, Nicole & Bryan have hit our required benchmark of 90% inter-observer reliability, which now allows them to collect behavioral observations on their own....
by Meg | May 20, 2016 | PDXWildlife |
With the temperature and humidity in the upper 80’s, Beijing certainly gave me a warm welcome. I think my ideal range is more in line with what a panda prefers, but at least I don’t have to put up with all that hair. During my short time here, I was able...
by Meg | May 17, 2016 | PDXWildlife
The PDXWildlife panda team, which consists of the lovely Meghan Martin-Wintle and the complimentary Nathan Wintle, had to pull double travel duty this week. I’m currently in China preparing for the arrival of the new interns, with Meghan attending the...
by Meg | May 16, 2016 | pollution
The vast majority of PDXWildlife’s research involves monitoring panda bear behaviors. Another project that has taken a backseat until now, looks at heavy metal contaminants, such as mercury and methylmercury. After finishing our initial analysis and seeking...
