by Meg | May 12, 2014 | Around PDX, Education, wildlife
I saw this opportunity about learning how to track wildlife on Metro and thought I’d share it since Nate and I were thinking of making this into a “date night”. Basically, you spend one night in a brew pub learning the process and then you go and...
by Meg | Mar 24, 2014 | Around PDX, Conservation, Environmental Impact, Sustainable seafood
As we were gearing up for the next PDXSeafood season (hiring new interns and planning our outreach activities) we came across Oceana’s new by-catch report. It’s pretty alarming and the estimates for US by-catch is sobering to say the least: United States...
by Meg | Jan 29, 2014 | animal, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Internship, Panda, Science, Travel, wildlife
We will be returning to China beginning April 12th. Although this trip will not be nearly as long as our previous visits, we hope to accomplish much. We regret not being able to devote more time to our travels, but 2014 seems to be the year to wrap up all of our...
by Meg | Nov 14, 2013 | Internship, Panda, wildlife
Fact #4: Black and white…not exactly the most camouflaged, or is it? A question that is yet to be answered; why is the panda black and white? What advantage does this bring to them? If they have evolved other vital adaptations for survival why is their fur still...
by Meg | Nov 6, 2013 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Internship, Panda |
You’ll remember that Fun Fact #1 was about the panda bears bamboo diet. Here’s fun fact #2! Fun Fact #2: Giant Pandas have an extended wrist bone that acts like an opposable thumb [1] The pseudo thumb of the giant panda has to be one of evolutions...
