by Meg | Jul 21, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Marine Mammal
I subscribe to Polar Bears International e-newsletter and I loved the latest letter for June that explained why losing polar ice mattered so much for the polar bears. In short: “Polar bears began swimming back to shore last week nearly four weeks ahead of their...
by Meg | Jul 20, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News, Internship, Panda, Travel
Everyone at the base has been busy the last couple of weeks preparing for the arrival of the first panda cubs: All the male pandas have been moved out of the breeding center to make room for the females that the staff believes are close to giving birth, the breeding...
by Meg | Jul 17, 2012 | Internship, Panda, Travel |
I started the panda “personality” study last week and I have been introducing a basketball into the pandas’ enclosures and recording their reactions. So far most of the subjects have been females (the birthing season is fast approaching and I wanted to get as many...
by Meg | Jun 28, 2012 | Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact
One of the wonderful scientists on our advisory board, Anne Warner, just sent this around to me and so I thought I’d share. From Anne: “There are so few ways to fund conservation work in this state I want to support this novel approach and help get the...
by Meg | Jun 26, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News
I’m sure you’ve all heard that Lonesome George, the Pinta Island giant tortoise thought to be the last of his subspecies, died Sunday in his Galápagos Island home. He was over 100 years old, scientists estimate, which is middle-aged for a tortoise whose...
