Our Mission
Protect and restore species and habitat diversity for future generations
through our local and global wildlife conservation initiatives.
Our Research
Giant Panda
Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly
Internships
Our Current Priorities
Male-Male competition
Our team Operations
Maternal Care
What We Do
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Research
We develop and conduct innovative in situ and ex situ wildlife research to identify critical conservation issues and provide creative solutions to managers and fellow scientists.
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Internships
We train promising young scientists through our intensive internship programs and educate local communities on actions they can take to conserve and benefit from their natural resources.
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Applied Biology
We focus our research to answer specific pressing questions imperiled species are encountering and incorporate the newest innovations and cutting edge research into our conservation projects.
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Integration
We integrate the above techniques to implement focused conservation initiatives at the LOCAL level that promote and support wildlife, habitat, and biodiversity conservation at the GLOBAL level.
Who We Are
Meghan Martin-Wintle PhD
Director
Meagan Gombart
Communications/Outreach Manager
Katie Zajac
Research Associate
Sharon Glaeser
Conservation Biologist
What’s Happening Now?
Welcome to our new Fall Panda Intern: Grace Russell
Grace comes to us from "Down Under" (i.e. Australia). This Aussie girl first discovered the gratification of wildlife conservation while volunteering at Shamwari Game Reserve on the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Working with the Born Free Foundation at the reserve,...
Being a 1-year old panda: Peeks into the lives of the 2012 yearlings at Bi Feng Xia
The 2012 babies are having their one-year birthdays (July-August) so we thought it would be appropriate to wish our little baby pandas "Happy Birthday" with a couple of super cute photos - and some fun facts about baby pandas. At Birth Can you believe that one year...
Macrofungi, biking, and book signing
Good progress was made on developing a prospectus for the independent field study involving macrofungi. However, I'm learning in science and through this internship that there is always room for improvement (especially as research projects develop). After renewing a...
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