by Meg | Jun 10, 2013 | Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife |
I started the personality study a couple of weeks ago and so far every panda has had a different reaction to the novel objects. Other than deflating the basketball, Hai Zi showed little interest in either of the novel objects. Xin Nier interacted with most of the...
by Meg | Jun 5, 2013 | Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science
I’d like you to meet our new summer intern. Amélie Le Roy will be joining the panda team at the end of June when Stephanie leaves and she’ll primarily be working on finishing up the stereotypical and personality studies that Stephanie is working on. Amélie...
by Meg | May 13, 2013 | Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife |
A few days after the earthquake, I returned to the panda base and everything seemed pretty much back to normal. The pandas seemed to be behaving normally (sleeping and eating) although I did read a report that the younger pandas had a hard time dealing with the...
by Meg | Apr 21, 2013 | Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Internship, Panda, Science |
Just wanted to let everyone know that the BiFengXia panda base and our intern Stephanie were both unhurt in the earthquake in Lushan, China (very close to Ya’An). Here’s Stephanie’s blog reporting the entire experience: Steph writes,...
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....
