by Meg | Sep 30, 2014 | animal, Conservation, Education, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Projects, Science, Travel, wildlife |
We are excited to announce that our Winter/Spring 2015 Panda Internship is now open. For the upcoming breeding season (March 1st to June 1st) we will be accepting two interns who will live in Ya’an, Sichuan, China. The application closes on Oct. 31st, so be sure...
by Meg | Sep 9, 2014 | animal, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Education, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, Travel, wildlife |
Long overdue, but worth the wait… We are pleased to announce that we will be offering multiple panda internships for the 2015 breeding season. The first of which begins in February and goes into late April. We have solidified our research plans with the Bifeng...
by Meg | May 20, 2014 | Around PDX, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Internship, Science, Sustainable seafood, wildlife
Diana and I are excited to kick off another season of recruiting restaurants to the PDXSeafood program – it’s been slow going but we’ve contributed this to our inability to make face-to-face contact with Portland restaurants. This year we wizened up...
by Meg | Dec 30, 2013 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife |
Grace left Bi Feng Xia right before Thanksgiving here in the states. Her departure marked the official end of data collection on our panda project. There’s a little bit of sadness in seeing this project wrap up as I’ve had so much fun with it! (I promise...
by Meg | Nov 3, 2013 | Endangered Species, Internship, Panda, Science, wildlife
The time that I’ve spent studying the giant panda at Bi Feng Xia Panda Base I feel like I have a gained a valuable and personal insight into these animals. They are a carnivorous bear yet eat bamboo, they have strong powerful claws yet seem so docile and almost lazy,...
