Chengdu Panda Base’s Research Project Takes First Place
On May 18, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding took first place at the Sichuan Provincial Science and TechnoIogy Awards conference. The research project entitled “‘Research and Application of Giant Panda Breeding Biology and Conservation Genetics” was awarded top prize for the Sichuan Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress category. Dr. Zhang Zhihe attended […]
Inspired by Nature: a Tribute to Giant Pandas
What can be said about nature? Nature is an inspiration, improves people’s moods, makes the world a more beautiful place，is everyone’s home and is simply perfect. It’s this incredible perfection that has，since an early age, always pushed me to draw animals and landscapes. My career in Biology, my dedication to animal conservation, and my current […]
First Experience at Chinese Spring Festival
As a foreigner living in China, one of the things I miss most about home are the holidays. A delightful surprise awaited me on my trip to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding this February during Chun Jie, or Spring Festival, that is celebrated in conjunction with the Lunar New Year. I walked […]
A Wonderful Night in Chengdu with Dr. Schaller
On the evening of March 27, the Shan Shui Conservation Center hosted the Dr. George Beals Schaller lecture in the Tea-bar Youth Space. Although online registration was limited to 80 people, 150 attendees came to the talk. The lecture was so popular that the two-hour lecture had standing room only. In 1985，Dr. George Beals Schaller […]
The Great Wander-Life of the Salmon
The other day, we went to Adams River in British Columbia, Canada, to feel the shock of the migration of sockeye salmon. It’s a remarkable, impressive, and inspiring intellectual journey, in fact, the sight there can not be termed as enjoyable because in front of our faces, thousands of lives were fading away. The moment […]
Organic Farming & Building Community
With each passing year, I become more interested in living “green” especially in terms of the food I consume. When I was a child my family grew vegetables in our yard. As a Master of Social Work candidate in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver in Colorado in the US； […]
Volunteering at the Panda Base
The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is one of the busiest places in Chengdu during the summer. People from all over the world travel there so that they can see giant pandas and red pandas. This last summer I also decided to travel to China to spend time volunteering at the Panda Base. […]
Seattle High School Students Host: Giant Panda Photo Exhibition
Every summer vacation from high school since 2011, we have returned to our homes in Chengdu in Sichuan province in China from Seattle, Washington, in the US, to volunteer at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. During our time at the Chengdu Panda Base we learn how to take care of giant pandas. […]
Photograph Insects in the Morning
The early morning in summer is one of the best times to take photographs of insects. The sunlight is still soft and slants gently through the slightly damp underbrush where I find my subjects sleeping. Insects are still slow at this hour, and often covered in dew. If I want to capture an image of […]
Wildlife Trade Expose Ivory Murders
A mother elephant watches her calf play in the shallows of a pond with her young friends. Mother can see that her daughter is gaining strength and gaining wisdom about how the world around her works. Mother is very proud of her calf and her calf is the most important thing to her in the […]