by Meg | Jun 26, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News
I’m sure you’ve all heard that Lonesome George, the Pinta Island giant tortoise thought to be the last of his subspecies, died Sunday in his Galápagos Island home. He was over 100 years old, scientists estimate, which is middle-aged for a tortoise whose...
by Meg | Mar 23, 2012 | Panda |
It’s official – I’m a TV star in China. Or will be . . . The last two days CCTV (China’s largest most watched network) filmed me and my research for a documentary piece on pandas in China. They asked me why I chose to study pandas and what...
by Meg | Mar 13, 2012 | Panda, Travel
Did you notice the menu? See anything different? Yep, now we have an intern section! If you’re interested in working on reproductive behavior in giant pandas or conservation biology in general and want a great opportunity – you’ve found it. ...
by Meg | Feb 24, 2012 | coal, Environmental Impact, Panda, pollution, Travel |
One of the first things you notice when arriving in China is the amount of smog that sits in the air around its cities. Ya’an is considered small in regards to Shanghai or Beijing with a population of 1.5 million, but it’s no exception to the dense clouds...
by Meg | Feb 11, 2012 | Environmental Impact, Panda |
As part of our studies while we are here in China, we are collecting samples of bamboo at the CCRCGP Panda Base and analyzing for total mercury concentrations. Analyzing for mercury turns out to be the easy part. It’s identifying the bamboo species which can...
