by Meg | May 7, 2015 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda, Science, wildlife
For this week, I have prepared a lot of pictures (and a small video too!). Here’s what happened last week: Last Tuesday, the vets, managers and keepers at the base collected Yi Bao´s sperm. Here are a few pictures of the procedure: Here is short video of Zhaung...
by Meg | May 3, 2015 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda, Travel
Traveling, working, and living abroad while learning a new culture and not able to speak the local language has many challenges. Doing so allows you to grow as an individual, teaches you to be adaptable and gives you the opportunity to connect and get a glimpse of a...
by Meg | Apr 29, 2015 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda, Science, wildlife
Ge Ge and Fei Fei Matings: I promised keep you updated with Ge Ge and Fei Fei the two females currently going into estrus. Ge Ge successfully mated on Sunday with Jin Ke (he is doing great for his first season, right?) and on Monday she mated with Wu Gang (I think she...
by Meg | Apr 25, 2015 | animal, Endangered Species, Internship, Nonprofit, Panda, photography, Science, Travel |
The first month in Ya’an went by very fast. So far the research is going well. I have learned so much form being here for just one month. At the beginning I was worried I would not remember the Panda names, worried it would be very difficult to communicate with...
by Meg | Apr 19, 2015 | Internship, Panda, Science |
Help me welcom Lauran to PDXWildlife as one of our summer interns at Bifengxia! Lauran graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in biology with minors in chemistry and Spanish from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and started in career in health care. In...