A Whole New World For Katelin V.R.

A Whole New World For Katelin V.R.

Katie, Hallie and I are concluding our second week in China; and the differences from life in the western world are vast and fascinating. With very limited language skills, the three of us have navigated the large City of Chengdu rather successfully. We found our way...
Seasonal Shifts in Panda Behaviors

Seasonal Shifts in Panda Behaviors

An interesting aspect of conducting year-round research at Bifengxia is that we get to observe panda behaviors every season, which allows us to detect seasonal changes. As this is the first time that I have traveled here in the fall, I’ve started noticing a...
Navigating the Panda Cub Season

Navigating the Panda Cub Season

Our maternal care studies begin once the cubs reach one month in age. Even though we sit outside of the outer doors and only have a single person conduct the trial, this ensures that we avoid causing any undue stress from our presence. However, with an extremely busy...
Changing of the Guard- Panda Internships

Changing of the Guard- Panda Internships

With some incredibly humid and hot weather over the last few days, we welcomed Katie, Katelin, & Hallie to our Bifengxia panda research program. Even though our sweaty handshakes would set the pace for the next few days, each of the interns have been hitting the...
My First Week as a PDXWildlife Intern

My First Week as a PDXWildlife Intern

​            My adventure began with a 13 hour nonstop flight from Chicago O’Hare Airport to Beijing.  I claimed my bag, went through customs and hurried to catch my flight to Chengdu only to find there was a delay.  After 8 hours of waiting and trying to sleep on the...