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 | Mar 28, 2016 | Science |
Following Alyssa’s “Crib” blog, Nicki was inspired to introduce everyone to the Bifengxia Bachelors. “We’re over a third of the way through our internship now! Time flies when you get to watch pandas all day. Being at the base every day you...
by Meg | Mar 21, 2016 | Internship, Panda |
Hi, Alyssa here. Remember that classic MTV show, Cribs? No? Maybe not? For those of you who aren’t familiar, Cribs was a show where a camera crew would go into celebrities’ homes for a brief tour of their luxurious living quarters. That’s it, that’s all there was to...
by Meg | Mar 17, 2016 | Internship, Panda
Ni Hao! It’s Jenn. One of the things I was looking forward to the most was meeting all of the pandas and discovering their personalities. Many of you may think that most of the pandas look a like, which they do in some aspects, but as you get to know them you can pick...
by Meg | Feb 22, 2016 | Conservation, Internship, Panda |
We’re wrapping up our first week working at Bifengxia as PDXWildlife Giant Panda Intern and I am totally starstruck by the cuteness and personality of the Bifengxia pandas! Right now it’s the calm before the storm of the breeding season. We’ve been taking advantage of...