by Meg | Sep 30, 2012 | Around PDX
We are so excited to welcome Jaima Smith as a staff scientist at PDXWildlife! She feels very passionately about conservation at both the local and global level. We’re hoping to help Jaima continue her research in Indonesia working on reintroduction programs,...
by Meg | Aug 2, 2012 | Internship, Panda, Travel
Things have been getting interesting here at Bi Feng Xia. So far, four females have given birth and the cub count is up to seven (three sets of twins)! I have been trying to collect as much personality data on the females before they get close to giving birth, so I...
by crestedgibbon | May 9, 2012 | Crested Gibbon, Misc. |
Time has come to say goodbye to all my friends and colleagues in Laos. Isn’t it always the way that when you finally feel at home then it is time to go again? I will never forget the sounds of the jungle unobstructed by any man-made noise, the feeling of being...
by Meg | Apr 2, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Panda, pollution, Travel |
Bamboo comprises 90-100% of the Pandas diet and is collected from all over the Sichuan province to feed the bears insatiable appetite. In a previous study that we performed last year, the bamboo that was collected near the city center in comparison to samples...
by Meg | Mar 23, 2012 | Panda |
It’s official – I’m a TV star in China. Or will be . . . The last two days CCTV (China’s largest most watched network) filmed me and my research for a documentary piece on pandas in China. They asked me why I chose to study pandas and what...
