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Support for Sustainable Seafood- PDXSeafood

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....

Featured on Zooborns and Microryza

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...

Spring Intern Arrives Just in Time

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...

A Visit from Dr. David Shepherdson

by Meg | Mar 17, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Panda, photography, Science, Travel

As an advisor for Meghan’s PhD panda project, it was an extreme delight to spend a few days with David touring the facilities here in Sichuan, China. David is an extremely knowledgeable scientist and quite the accomplished traveller given his ability to handle a...

Why are pandas black and white?

by Meg | Mar 16, 2013 | Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Panda, Science, wildlife | 8 comments

I recently received an email from Michaela Henderson who was writing a report for her middle school class.  She asked, “Why are pandas colored the way that they are?  Just to look cute, or to trap heat during the winter, or something else?” I always get...
The New Wolong & Dujiangyan Panda Facilities

The New Wolong & Dujiangyan Panda Facilities

by Meg | Mar 15, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Nonprofit, Panda, PDX Wildlife, photography, Science, Travel, wildlife | 8 comments

After the partial destruction of the Wolong panda center during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, plans were laid out to build a new facility a few kilometers away. Additionally, a disease control center was to be built closer to Chengdu. It has now been five years since...
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