by Kate VanRaden | Jan 22, 2018 | animal, Internship, Panda, PDX Wildlife, PDXWildlife, Science |
After having worked with both grizzlies and pandas, I think it would be a neat idea to compare the two (Thank you Frances Aronson for the idea). For 2 bear species, they’re about as different as bears can be. The giant panda’s evolution diverged from the...
by Meg | Jan 4, 2018 | Science |
2017 was quite a year for PDXWildlife in terms of scientific publications, internship opportunities, and trips to China to support our continued research on giant pandas. However, as we look ahead to 2018, the travel schedule doesn’t seem to be slowing down. On...
by Meg | Dec 12, 2017 | Internship |
My name is John Nettles and I’m an aspiring wildlife biologist from Austin, Texas. I was 10 years old when I first saw a wild bear on a family vacation in Alaska and have not lost interest since. On a trip to Glacier National Park a few years later, we spotted a...
by Meg | Dec 7, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
We hopped off of the long distance bus around 4:30 pm and was greeted with near freezing winds at the eerily quiet and closed Gengda bus station. After gathering our bags and zipping up our jackets, we made our way to the intern apartments about 1/4 mile up the...
by Meg | Dec 5, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
As I pack our video and audio equipment into boxes, there are some bittersweet feelings in the air here at Bifengxia. We’ve been tip-toeing around the fact that the CCRCGP breedings will now take place at Gengda. Which, at this point, means that we will need to...
