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?
A busy first week for our new panda intern – as always!
As is typical of our internship program, Amelie's first week proved to be very busy filled with inter-observer reliability tests, tours of Ya'An, and a meeting with a Pambassador, Jérôme Pouille! If you aren't aware of Pambassadors, they're individuals who have...
Why should we care about sustainable seafood?: Overfishing & Increased Demand
*Tomorrow our first menus come out! Make sure to comment if you see them!* Did you know that 118 million tons of fish are extracted from oceans each year? Yep that's a MILLION TONS! And what's even scarier is that we expect this number to increase by an additional...
Why should you care about sustainable seafood?: Bycatch
As our first menus appear this week I thought it would be an awesome idea to start a blog conversation about sustainable seafood and why we should care. Throughout the week I'll be highlighting the four major reasons we should all be concerned about eating...
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