by Meg | Oct 24, 2015 | Panda, PDX Wildlife, photography, Science |
Luck plays a large role in endangered species research at PDXWildlife, due to the fact that wildlife can be unpredictable. Today was one of those days, but in a very cool way. With a surprise visit from the Director of the CCRCGP- Zhang Hemin, the Bifengxia base...
by Meg | Oct 22, 2015 | China, Nonprofit, Panda, PDX Wildlife, Travel |
PDXWildlife’s main base of operations is in Bifengxia, which sits in the mountains above Ya’an, Sichuan, China. It’s a 30 minute bus ride from our apartment, winding through a steep, bamboo lined canyon of rain soaked rock. The Bifengxia base...
by Meg | Oct 21, 2015 | Nonprofit, Panda, PDX Wildlife, Science |
We are receiving quite a few requests for updates and photos of Lin Bing- a.k.a. Lin Ping. She has been a fantastic mother and just recently allowed us to capture some great photos and video of her and her cub. https://youtu.be/gw3AAvrTJsg Lin Bing was born to Lin Hui...
by Meg | Oct 16, 2015 | China, Nonprofit, Panda, PDX Wildlife, Projects, Science
All human beings have a certain gross-ness threshold that they can tolerate, but biologist seem to have raised the bar. Feces, a.k.a. poop, is a favorite topic among this crowd of life-science, like-minded research nerds. With the amount of panda poop that we collect,...
by Meg | Oct 15, 2015 | China, Panda, PDX Wildlife |
Meghan and I are back in China to setup and receive training in endocrinology techniques to analyze all of the feces that we have collected. The poop is collected at Bifengxia, but is analyzed at the new Dujiangyan Veterinary facilities. If you are wondering- Does...
