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?
Awestruck in Guiyang
The cool aspect of traveling to Guiyang by hired car is that my close confidant, Mr. Cheng, offered to drive me in his fancy new Cadillac. I like to joke with him that he looks like a gangster with the oversized rims and blacked out windows. Traveling from Ya’an,...
Benchmarks & Goodbyes
Tuesday was silently celebrated as all of the interns hit the benchmark 90% inter-observer reliability required to independently collect behavioral data. This marks a significant "breathing" point, as they can rest with the fact that they have a set schedule of...
Panda Bear Personalities
Studying animals and their behavior has come a long way since the pure behaviorism of Skinner and his colleagues. In those darker days, a form of Cartesian thought reigned supreme and non-human animals were basically assumed to operate purely on the basis of...
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