2018- The Year Ahead

2018- The Year Ahead

2017 was quite a year for PDXWildlife in terms of scientific publications, internship opportunities, and trips to China to support our continued research on giant pandas. However, as we look ahead to 2018, the travel schedule doesn’t seem to be slowing down. On...
PDXWildlife Accomplishments in 2017

PDXWildlife Accomplishments in 2017

As the year winds down,PDXWildlife and our dedicated supporters have cause to celebrate many positive impacts made for pandas and people over the past 12 months. We have had so many accomplishments in 2017! While the road ahead holds more challenges, it’s important to...
John Nettles- 2017 PDXWildlife Winter Intern

John Nettles- 2017 PDXWildlife Winter Intern

My name is John Nettles and I’m an aspiring wildlife biologist from Austin, Texas. I was 10 years old when I first saw a wild bear on a family vacation in Alaska and have not lost interest since. On a trip to Glacier National Park a few years later, we spotted a...
Remodeling Gengda

Remodeling Gengda

We hopped off of the long distance bus around 4:30 pm and was greeted with near freezing winds at the eerily quiet and closed Gengda bus station. After gathering our bags and zipping up our jackets, we made our way to the intern apartments about 1/4 mile up the...
Off to Gengda

Off to Gengda

As I pack our video and audio equipment into boxes, there are some bittersweet feelings in the air here at Bifengxia. We’ve been tip-toeing around the fact that the CCRCGP breedings will now take place at Gengda. Which, at this point, means that we will need to...