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?
Songs of the forest
It is 6 am and the sun is barely creeping up through the trees. A sound much like a siren sidles into my consciousness waking me in my tent. The sound grows louder and the frequencies increase as the minutes go by. After several minutes, cacophony erupts and branches...
A Panda a Week: Bai Yang (白杨)
I know you guys have been breathlessly awaiting the "panda a week" post. Sorry it's ca little longer than a week! I promised last week that I'd feature a male panda this week and what better male panda than Bai Yang? His name means "white youth" but can also mean...
A Panda a Week: Meet Bai xue (白雪)
Well this morning was a busy one at the breeding center. It looks like over the weekend all the female giant pandas decided to go into estrous at once. The hormones and behaviors of 8 females are increasing. That means that this week and next week will be very busy...
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