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?
First cubs born in Bifengxia
Zhang Ka gave birth to twins on August 20 in a semi-wild enclosure at Bifengxia (BFX). Zhang Ka mated with Bai Yang (such a handsome and the keepers say "experienced" male) on March 22, 23 and gave birth 5 months later. There are two cubs one male and one female. ...
To Astoria for photos
Nate's journal article got accepted into Marine Mammal Science. It's always exciting to get a publication. It really wraps up a section of a project nicely and feels so gratifying to see that one of our goals was accomplished. The journal takes submissions for...
Gearing up for China & Pandas
We're gearing up for China. For such a long stint abroad there are many ducks we have to get in a row: visas, apartments to live in, and research equipment to buy and ship. We just bought our plan tickets which is always the first, and most exciting, step in the...
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