by Meg | Apr 4, 2013 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife
It’s been a week since I’ve arrived in China and I already feel as though it has been the experience of a lifetime. I arrived in Ya’An on the 20th of March feeling extremely jet-lagged from the almost 3 day trip but within a couple of days was right on track and...
by Meg | Mar 24, 2013 | animal, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife
As Nate mentioned earlier, Stephanie (our new intern) arrived just in the nick of time for breeding season to go into full swing. It’s as if the pandas new she’d be completely overwhelmed if they all went into estrous the first couple of days she arrived....
by Meg | Mar 23, 2013 | animal, Antarctica, Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Marine Mammal, Misc., pollution, Science, wildlife
One of the key factors in establishing PDXSeafood, our sustainable seafood program, is the declining status of the worlds overfished oceans. I recently came across an article that was informative and worth a read. Click on the link below to access the article....
by Meg | Mar 21, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, grass roots, Panda
As Nate alluded to, we’re crazy busy at the panda base (breeding video to come soon!) but I wanted to write a quick post about how our project was featured on mircroryza.com and zooborns.com today. Microryza is an innovative new “crowd funding...
by Meg | Mar 20, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, Travel, wildlife
Just as our Spring intern, Stephanie McMahon arrived, the majority of the Bifeng Xia pandas have decided that they would begin breeding. The much needed assistance that Stephanie is providing will help to collect important behavioral data. It’s a job that...
