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?
Choosing Favorites at Bifengxia
This is Nicole Murray checking in- When you’re looking at photos from thousands of miles away, it can be hard to distinguish between pandas, but here on the base, we are certainly picking favorites. The lady who stole my heart is an eight-year-old fluff ball named Wen...
Familiar Chinese Faces
As PDXWildlife primarily posts on the happenings of pandas and interns, we thought it might be a nice gesture to speak about the familiar faces that we encounter everyday in China. The walk from our apartment to the panda base bus stop takes us past the same people...
A Beautiful Day at Bifengxia
The weather is absolutely perfect here at Bifengxia. It's about 75 degrees, the humidity is low, and the sky is clear from the previous nights rain. The cicadas haven't shown up just yet, so the ambient sounds outside are filled with panda bleats and overly excited...
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