You Might Be a Panda!

You Might Be a Panda!

Eight things you might have in common with pandas: Are you a daily nap taker? Every afternoon the pandas lounge about and catch up on some sleep from their exhausting panda lifestyle. Bai Yang is no different! You are a messy eater! Xiang Ge is one of the many messy...
The Beautifully Small- Dian Dian (点点)

The Beautifully Small- Dian Dian (点点)

The Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CRCGP) at Bifengxia has just welcomed a new bear from Wolong, Sichuan, China.  She is 2 years old and her name is Dian Dian (点点).  She is a very cute bear because she is so little, weighing less than 25 kg (55...
Travel Plans and Upcoming Research

Travel Plans and Upcoming Research

With a couple hundred pounds of equipment and supplies stuffed into several full-sized roller bags, PDXWildlife is about to begin the Summer/Fall research season in Sichuan, China. Even though we’ve managed to turn this trip is  this a “family”...
Preparing for Gengda

Preparing for Gengda

Having just returned from my month long stay in China, there seems to be no rest for the weary. With our reintroduction and weaning research opening up in Gengda in August, we are frantically putting together all of the pieces. In order to ensure a smooth transition,...
A New Generation of Pandas

A New Generation of Pandas

PDXWildlife founders (Nathan & Meghan) first began conducting research in China in 2010. What seems like an eternity ago, we are now quickly approaching a decades worth of data collection. As female pandas are reproductively viable by about 4+ years of age, cubs...