by Meg | Feb 2, 2018 | Internship, Panda, PDXWildlife |
I primarily focus on the maternal care study for the Winter Internship at Bifengxia, so I thought it’d be appropriate for me to talk about the different mothers I observe. I will focus on 3 mothers in this blog post – Qiao Qiao, Xi Dou, and Su Shan. All three have...
by Kate VanRaden | Jan 26, 2018 | animal, China, Conservation, Education, Internship, Panda, PDX Wildlife, Science |
Name: Hua Mei Gender: Female DOB: August 21, 1999 Stud #: 487 Astrological star sign: Leo Hobbies: Eating bamboo, sitting, sleeping Hua Mei is somewhat of an international celebrity. Having been born at the San Diego Zoo, she is a panda of great importance to the...
by Kate VanRaden | Jan 22, 2018 | animal, Internship, Panda, PDX Wildlife, PDXWildlife, Science |
After having worked with both grizzlies and pandas, I think it would be a neat idea to compare the two (Thank you Frances Aronson for the idea). For 2 bear species, they’re about as different as bears can be. The giant panda’s evolution diverged from the...
by Kate VanRaden | Jan 18, 2018 | China, Internship, Panda, PDX Wildlife, PDXWildlife |
The star of this post is Jin Ke 津柯 (#743), or as John likes to call him, Janky. This stud muffin was born July 15th, 2009, which makes him 8 years old. Both his mother, Baixue, and father, Ping Ping, were wild-born. Sadly, both passed away in 2015. Jin Ke was born...
by Meg | Nov 28, 2017 | Panda |
[vc_row full_width=”1″][vc_column][vc_column_text]#GivingTuesday is a national giving movement to celebrate the causes that you hold most dear to your heart! We hope PDXWildlife and our research is one of those causes! If you’re inspired to give to...
by Meg | Nov 27, 2017 | Internship, Panda |
As Nate and the new interns get set up I thought I’d take the time to introduce you to the group you’ll be reading about over the next couple of weeks in Bifengxia. Here’s the introductory blog from the first of our three Christmas interns, Mingfei...
