by Meg | Mar 14, 2013 | animal, coal, Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Panda, pollution, Science, Travel, wildlife
Being the only Americans in a city of 1.25 million, you tend to stick out a little bit. It just so happened that we caught the eye of a reporter from the Ya’an Daily Newspaper. Over a steaming bowl of Ya’an’s best noodles at Mr. Cheng’s, we...
by Meg | Mar 13, 2013 | Panda, Science, wildlife |
Are you ready for some of the cutest pictures EVER? I spent a lot of time around the kindergarten recently since there isn’t any breeding going on. These are Long Xin, Xi Mei, Shui Xiu, and Si Xue’s cubs from last years breeding. I...
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 | coal, Environmental Impact, Misc., Panda, pollution, Science, Travel, wildlife
Both Meghan and I were approached by a few kids from the local high school and asked if we could come and lecture for a few hours on what we do in China. It was quite a treat to learn about the lives of the students and how they all seem to think that biologist...
by Meg | Mar 2, 2013 | animal, Internship, Panda, Science
We’d like you to meet our new panda intern, Stephanie McMahon. Stephanie will be arriving in Ya’An March 19th and will be working on the mate preference study. Stephanie has always had a passion for animals (especially bears!) and conservation. A large...
