by Meg | Mar 30, 2016 | Panda, Science |
Some of you may be wondering what we do over here besides having bamboo fights and hanging out with pandas all day. We are conducting research on the effects of male-male competition in giant pandas during breeding season. The enclosures are set up so that a female...
by Meg | Apr 25, 2015 | animal, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda, photography, Science, Travel |
The first month in Ya’an went by very fast. So far the research is going well. I have learned so much form being here for just one month. At the beginning I was worried I would not remember the Panda names, worried it would be very difficult to communicate with...
by Meg | Mar 19, 2015 | animal, Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, photography, Projects, Science, Travel, wildlife
Meghan and I just returned from Ya’an, Sichuan, China- A little jet lagged, but very excited to have Ryan and Maria, our two new winter interns, continuing the panda behavioral research. Both interns received a warm welcome from the people of Ya’an, and we...
by Meg | Jan 6, 2015 | Internship, Panda
We are excited to announce that our Summer 2015 Panda Internship is now open. The interns will focus on collecting personality profiles through behavioral analysis on the bears. We will be accepting two interns who will live in Ya’an, Sichuan, China. The...
by Meg | Oct 21, 2014 | animal, Conservation, Internship, Panda, photography, Science, Travel, wildlife
Given that we are accepting applications for the Winter/Spring 2015 Panda internship, we thought it would be appropriate to share some of our past experiences from our time in Ya’an, China. Even though the majority of an interns time will be spent at the panda...
