by Meg | Feb 8, 2018 | Conservation, Panda, PDXWildlife |
Returning to Gengda for the third time has been quite the whirlwind. Between a 40+ travel time across the world which included and overnight stay in a hotel in Seattle, and an airline losing my bag, nothing seemed to be working out right. However, upon arrival to...
by Meg | Feb 2, 2018 | Internship, Panda, PDXWildlife |
I primarily focus on the maternal care study for the Winter Internship at Bifengxia, so I thought it’d be appropriate for me to talk about the different mothers I observe. I will focus on 3 mothers in this blog post – Qiao Qiao, Xi Dou, and Su Shan. All three have...
by Kate VanRaden | Jan 26, 2018 | animal, China, Conservation, Education, Internship, Panda, PDX Wildlife, Science |
Name: Hua Mei Gender: Female DOB: August 21, 1999 Stud #: 487 Astrological star sign: Leo Hobbies: Eating bamboo, sitting, sleeping Hua Mei is somewhat of an international celebrity. Having been born at the San Diego Zoo, she is a panda of great importance to the...
by Kate VanRaden | Jan 22, 2018 | animal, Internship, Panda, PDX Wildlife, PDXWildlife, Science |
After having worked with both grizzlies and pandas, I think it would be a neat idea to compare the two (Thank you Frances Aronson for the idea). For 2 bear species, they’re about as different as bears can be. The giant panda’s evolution diverged from the...
by Meg | Dec 29, 2017 | Science
As the year winds down,PDXWildlife and our dedicated supporters have cause to celebrate many positive impacts made for pandas and people over the past 12 months. We have had so many accomplishments in 2017! While the road ahead holds more challenges, it’s important to...
