by Meg | Aug 8, 2013 | animal, Endangered Species, Panda, Science |
The 2012 babies are having their one-year birthdays (July-August) so we thought it would be appropriate to wish our little baby pandas “Happy Birthday” with a couple of super cute photos – and some fun facts about baby pandas. At Birth Can you...
by Meg | Mar 20, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, Travel, wildlife
Just as our Spring intern, Stephanie McMahon arrived, the majority of the Bifeng Xia pandas have decided that they would begin breeding. The much needed assistance that Stephanie is providing will help to collect important behavioral data. It’s a job that...
by Meg | Mar 6, 2013 | animal, Panda, Science, wildlife |
I’ve decided that “The Year of the Snake” just doesn’t cut it for a description of this years pandas so I’ve decided to rename the year to “The Year of the Arboreal Panda”. It seems like tree climbing is in the air (literally...
by Meg | Mar 4, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Panda, pollution, Science, wildlife
The extreme difficulty in obtaining permits to transfer biological samples back to the United States from China has caused our mercury project to use a lab here in China. We are very pleased to have made contact with one of China’s foremost Methylmercury...
by Meg | Feb 13, 2013 | Panda, wildlife |
We had the first mating at the panda base this weekend (2/11-2/12). I figure that’s close enough to Valentines Day that I could write “Valentine’s Day” post about it! This particular mating was a special one for me as the female, Zhen Zhen,...
