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?
In the beginning . . . Scout on starting a panda internship
Hi everyone, Scout here! Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve updated, we’ve all just been settling here in Ya’an and have just about finished our first full week here at the panda base! The first week has been jam packed as we’re beginning to test everything we’ve...
Shu Qin 2016 Cub: 1 month
Shu Qin gave birth to a female cub on July, 16th 2016 at 14:03 in the afternoon. Shu Qin was born August 26th, 2009 making her almost 7 years old at the time of her daughter's birth. This is Shu Qin's first cub and she has shown very strong maternal instincts as a...
One big happy family: Zhennie and the Zwinkies
Here's the second installment of my Zhen Zhen and Zwinkies photo shoot. The keeper moved them out side and I got a good variety of photos. I'll start with the family photos and share a couple of the individual shots I got of each twin. Later this week I'll post a...
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