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?
Welcoming our Winter Panda Intern: Stephanie McMahon
We'd like you to meet our new panda intern, Stephanie McMahon. Stephanie will be arriving in Ya'An March 19th and will be working on the mate preference study. Stephanie has always had a passion for animals (especially bears!) and conservation. A large part of her...
Making the Front Page with our Panda Research
The Portland Tribune has featured our panda research on the front page, emphasizing the importance of mate choice in zoos. Check out the article and let me know what you think! It's perfect timing as March is the month for panda breeding. -Meg
I guess love is in the air . . .
For Valentine's Day the Oregon Zoo sent out a press release covering both my pygmy rabbit study and my new work with the pandas. I especially love the little graph they made up of my findings! -Meg
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