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 | Mar 16, 2013 | Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Panda, Science, wildlife |
I recently received an email from Michaela Henderson who was writing a report for her middle school class. She asked, “Why are pandas colored the way that they are? Just to look cute, or to trap heat during the winter, or something else?” I always get...
by Meg | Mar 15, 2013 | animal, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Nonprofit, Panda, PDX Wildlife, photography, Science, Travel, wildlife |
After the partial destruction of the Wolong panda center during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, plans were laid out to build a new facility a few kilometers away. Additionally, a disease control center was to be built closer to Chengdu. It has now been five years since...
by Meg | Mar 13, 2013 | Panda, Science, wildlife |
Are you ready for some of the cutest pictures EVER? I spent a lot of time around the kindergarten recently since there isn’t any breeding going on. These are Long Xin, Xi Mei, Shui Xiu, and Si Xue’s cubs from last years breeding. I...
by Meg | Mar 8, 2013 | pollution |
When we arrived in China this year, we immediately noticed a difference in how much smog there was. The long corridors of the airport terminals were hazy and our line of sight was reduced to a few hundred feet. We couldn’t tell if it was our mind playing tricks...
