by Meg | Aug 10, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
With a cool breeze hitting our faces early in the morning, the CCRCGP delegate pointed towards a break between the mountains about 1000 vertical feet up. The extra body weight that I decided to put on was yelling at me to turn around, but the opportunity to see and...
by Meg | Aug 9, 2017 | Internship |
Hi everyone! My name is Nicole Gordon and I am excited to be a 2017 Giant Panda Intern for PDXWildlife in Gengda, China studying reintroduction training. I graduated in May of 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in biology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. From...
by Meg | Aug 7, 2017 | PDXWildlife, Science |
Working with and conducting novel research on giant pandas is, admittedly, a very cool job. But, what really makes this a dream come true is that we get to do this as a family. When I’m jet lagged, sitting in the dark on the living room couch at 2:30 in the...
by Meg | Aug 6, 2017 | Internship |
Giant pandas give birth to twins about 50% of the time. Interestingly, this season at Bifengxia, the majority of births have been twins. Though a twin birth is equally likely, mothers often choose to raise only one cub. She may attempt to care for both at birth, but...
by Meg | Aug 4, 2017 | PDXWildlife |
With no major setbacks in our travel, the whole family made it safe to Chengdu. In typical PDXWildlife style, we wasted little time and headed to Gengda the following morning. Top picture is the view from our apartment- so beautiful. The small SUV that the panda base...
