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 Panda Family Affair at Hetaoping
Working with and conducting novel research on giant pandas is, admittedly, a very cool job. But, what really makes this a dream come true is that we get to do this as a family. When I'm jet lagged, sitting in the dark on the living room couch at 2:30 in the morning,...
Giant Panda Maternal Care
Giant pandas give birth to twins about 50% of the time. Interestingly, this season at Bifengxia, the majority of births have been twins. Though a twin birth is equally likely, mothers often choose to raise only one cub. She may attempt to care for both at birth, but...
Arriving in Gengda
With no major setbacks in our travel, the whole family made it safe to Chengdu. In typical PDXWildlife style, we wasted little time and headed to Gengda the following morning. Top picture is the view from our apartment- so beautiful. The small SUV that the panda base...
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