by Meg | Aug 16, 2017 | Internship |
Hello Everyone! I’m very excited to announce that I will be joining PDXWildlife’s team of fall 2017 Interns at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Ya’an, China! I could not be more enthusiastic about this opportunity to contribute to the...
by Meg | Aug 15, 2017 | Internship |
Hello! My name is Hallie Kirschner and I am one of the new interns for PDXWildlife. I recently graduated from the University of Rochester with a double major in Biology and Psychology. I hosted a weekly radio show for my school’s internet station, played as wing for...
by Meg | Aug 13, 2017 | How to help
PDXWildlife needs to re-hire Zachary David for the Winter 2018 field season. Zack is currently contracted to assist us with our giant panda reintroduction research in Gengda, Sichuan, China, but his funding runs out later this year. If we are able to raise the travel...
by Meg | Aug 6, 2017 | Internship |
Giant pandas give birth to twins about 50% of the time. Interestingly, this season at Bifengxia, the majority of births have been twins. Though a twin birth is equally likely, mothers often choose to raise only one cub. She may attempt to care for both at birth, but...
by Meg | Aug 4, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
With no major setbacks in our travel, the whole family made it safe to Chengdu. In typical PDXWildlife style, we wasted little time and headed to Gengda the following morning. Top picture is the view from our apartment- so beautiful. The small SUV that the panda base...
