by Meg | Jun 20, 2016 | Panda
Hi friends, it’s Doireann Ferris back again. Here in Bifengxia the temperature has reached a scorching 34 degrees Celsius (93° Fahrenheit) and getting hotter every day! As a fair-skinned Irish person I’m surprised I haven’t melted away or spontaneously...
by Meg | Jun 17, 2016 | PDXWildlife |
PDXWildlife has hit a significant speed bump. As you might have seen in previous posts, we had to end our Dujiangyan trip suddenly. This was due to the fact that the resources available to analyze panda feces was insufficient and immediately caused a backlog in our...
by Meg | Jun 15, 2016 | Panda
This is Nicole Murray checking in- When you’re looking at photos from thousands of miles away, it can be hard to distinguish between pandas, but here on the base, we are certainly picking favorites. The lady who stole my heart is an eight-year-old fluff ball named Wen...
by Meg | Jun 14, 2016 | China |
As PDXWildlife primarily posts on the happenings of pandas and interns, we thought it might be a nice gesture to speak about the familiar faces that we encounter everyday in China. The walk from our apartment to the panda base bus stop takes us past the same people...
by Meg | Jun 10, 2016 | PDXWildlife
The weather is absolutely perfect here at Bifengxia. It’s about 75 degrees, the humidity is low, and the sky is clear from the previous nights rain. The cicadas haven’t shown up just yet, so the ambient sounds outside are filled with panda bleats and...
