Teddy’s & Pandas

Teddy’s & Pandas

We’re baaaaaaccckk! 🙂 We came home Saturday with tired feet and SO MANY pictures. Thousands of stairs were climbed during our mini-vacay to Leshan and Emeishan, but Ari will regale you with those adventures later in the week. Today, I wanted to share with you some of...
Giant Panda Male-Male Competition

Giant Panda Male-Male Competition

Some of you may be wondering what we do over here besides having bamboo fights and hanging out with pandas all day.  We are conducting research on the effects of male-male competition in giant pandas during breeding season. The enclosures are set up so that a female...
Panda Addiction

Panda Addiction

As I stuff the last of my dirty clothes into my luggage, I begin to get excited to see my wife and daughter. However, leaving China is never an easy process as it has an addictive quality about it. Weather it’s the smell of freshly steamed baozi or sleepy eyed...
A Successful Natural Mating

A Successful Natural Mating

After a few intense days of introductions, the experienced staff at Bifengxia was successful in naturally breeding You You with Xiang Ge. I have to admit that I was skeptical that the pair would pull it off, but after two attempts, Xiang Ge correctly mounted with You...