by Meg | Mar 2, 2013 | animal, Internship, Panda, Science
We’d like you to meet our new panda intern, Stephanie McMahon. Stephanie will be arriving in Ya’An March 19th and will be working on the mate preference study. Stephanie has always had a passion for animals (especially bears!) and conservation. A large...
by Meg | Feb 28, 2013 | animal, Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Panda, Science |
The Portland Tribune has featured our panda research on the front page, emphasizing the importance of mate choice in zoos. Check out the article and let me know what you think! It’s perfect timing as March is the month for panda breeding. -Meg
by Meg | Feb 18, 2013 | Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Panda, wildlife
For Valentine’s Day the Oregon Zoo sent out a press release covering both my pygmy rabbit study and my new work with the pandas. I especially love the little graph they made up of my findings! -Meg
by Meg | Feb 13, 2013 | Panda, wildlife |
We had the first mating at the panda base this weekend (2/11-2/12). I figure that’s close enough to Valentines Day that I could write “Valentine’s Day” post about it! This particular mating was a special one for me as the female, Zhen Zhen,...
by Meg | Jan 10, 2013 | Misc., photography, Travel, wildlife
I thought it might be nice to share a few photos of the Avian variety taken on a trip to the wonderful SW United States. I will leave off the species so that everyone can have a chance to try and identify them on their own. -All Images Capture on My Canon 60D- One of...