by Meg | May 8, 2017 | Internship |
With the end of the breeding season quickly approaching, we now begin to transition over to our summer studies. As we say goodbye to Hope, Stephanie, Gigi, and Hailey, we also need to welcome our next set of interns. In typical PDXWildlife fashion, we like to send out...
by Meg | May 3, 2017 | Science
Starting in 2017 (reflecting on how far we’ve come in the last 6 years) and now with the internship application deadline coming up for our new reintroduction program, I’ve been reflecting on what our program may mean to developing biologists. That started...
by Meg | Apr 26, 2017 | Panda |
We are nearing the end of breeding season for the pandas and will soon be approaching the highly anticipated cub season. Pandas are usually born in the late summer, from July to September with the peak usually in August. Scientists believe that in the wild,...
by Meg | Apr 17, 2017 | Panda, Science |
If you’re like me, you may have randomly asked yourself, “what sound do pandas make?” Truthfully, before this internship, the only time I’ve ever heard a panda make any kind of noise was when I watched the famous “sneezing panda” video on youtube...
by Meg | Apr 12, 2017 | Science |
It’s no secret that when traveling to a foreign country, especially one that speaks a different language, you will hit a couple of speed bumps. Whether it’s on the base or in the city, we do indeed run into communication problems. On the base, we sometimes have...