by Meg | Oct 25, 2015 | Panda, PDX Wildlife, Science
We certainly do not give the incredible staff of Bifengxia enough credit. During the Panda Cub Photoshoot, I was able to snap some great photos, not only of my wife, but of the entire staff. It was so nice to see everybody come together for a big photo, and it was the...
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 23, 2015 | Panda
PDXWildlife collects a lot of panda poop. We do this because feces, as poop is also called, can tell us a story about the panda it came from. When a panda does its business, it passes along what it previously ate as well as hormones that are indicative of what was...
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 19, 2015 | Panda
Pan Pan “Hero Dad” was born in 1985 and was originally rescued in the mountains of Baoxing County, northwest of Ya’an, Sichuan, China. For the first year of his life, Pan Pan was raised along side another cub, An An, in the small home of Li Wuke, who...
