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 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 | Sep 5, 2017 | Science |
PDXWildlife collects over 500 lbs. of male giant panda feces each year in order to measure changes in testosterone and cortisol. This requires an ample amount of supplies including trash bags, collection bags, gloves, markers, two large chest freezers, and a very...
by Meg | Sep 3, 2017 | Panda |
At the center of the Bifengxia panda base is the highly popular kindergarten. Here, you will find pens for young cubs and the nursery, where the vet staff is kept busy with newborns. The 2016 cub season was very active, and according to Jerome Pouille’s website-...
