by Meg | May 16, 2014 | animal, Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News
So tomorrow is endangered species day and in case you want to celebrate all the imperiled species out there here are links to events in the Portland area: The Oregon Zoo (of course) will be celebrating some of our international (think Orangs and Wild Dogs) and...
by Meg | Apr 1, 2014 | Around PDX, Environmental Impact, Science
This isn’t related to animal conservation per se but since it’s gardening season and I’m associated with the Oregon Zoo I thought it would be great to plug OZ’s Zoo Doo program. Basically the zoo composts the ungulate feces, hay, and excess...
by Meg | Mar 23, 2013 | animal, Antarctica, Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Marine Mammal, Misc., pollution, Science, wildlife
One of the key factors in establishing PDXSeafood, our sustainable seafood program, is the declining status of the worlds overfished oceans. I recently came across an article that was informative and worth a read. Click on the link below to access the article....
by Meg | Mar 17, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Panda, photography, Science, Travel
As an advisor for Meghan’s PhD panda project, it was an extreme delight to spend a few days with David touring the facilities here in Sichuan, China. David is an extremely knowledgeable scientist and quite the accomplished traveller given his ability to handle a...
by Meg | Feb 18, 2013 | Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Panda, wildlife
For Valentine’s Day the Oregon Zoo sent out a press release covering both my pygmy rabbit study and my new work with the pandas. I especially love the little graph they made up of my findings! -Meg
