The Wild with Chris Morgan

A coyote walks into a Quiznos

Here's how these canids survive among city skyscrapers and sidewalks, and what that can teach us about saving the planet.

Invasion of the Burmese pythons, part 1

In the Florida Everglades, the Burmese python is an invasive species that's close to triggering an ecological collapse. But not if these python hunters have anything to do with it.

Digital Dr. Dolittle: decoding animal conversations with artificial intelligence

We could be talking to animals in the next year using AI. But are we ready?

Season 5 Trailer

Season 5 kicks off with new episodes on March 14th

The fiery spell of Desolation

Jim Henterly spent more than 70 days alone at the Desolation Peak Fire Lookout station last summer. He was there to keep an eye out for smoke plumes but also so much more.

Etuaptmumk: Two Eyed Seeing

There’s a way to understand nature through both the perspectives of indigenous knowledge and western science alongside each other. It’s a concept known as “two eyed seeing”.

Hard Knocks: Lessons from the woodpecker

Woodpeckers will peck at a tree up to 12,000 times a day and just one woodpecker peck produces about 15 times the force needed to give a human a concussion. So, how do woodpeckers bang their heads so much, and ...

Happy 46th Birthday! An Earth Day message from Chris

An Earth Day message from Chris

True grit: the wild wolverine

For the first time in 100 years, wolverines are back in Mount Rainier National Park. How did they get there?

How to love a shark

There are 540 shark species in the world and 143 of them are endangered. Rachel Graham is their evangelist.

Goodbye chemical weapons, hello burrowing owls

A decommissioned military base in northeast Oregon provides sanctuary for a recovering burrowing owl population.

THE WILD: Season 4 Trailer

New episodes of THE WILD begin on Tuesday, January 18th.

Message from Chris: Season 4

The rise and fall…and rise...of the island fox

20 years ago, foxes on Santa Cruz started dying at an alarming rate. Their numbers dropped to around one hundred animals. But nobody knew why. It was an ecological whodunnit that needed to be solved before the foxes disappeared forever.

Bears and diversity: a conversation with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant

Billions of bugs: life of a cicada underground

The shrill calls of billions of Brood X cicadas emerging from the earth have captured the nation’s ears and attention this spring. But what do these noisy insects DO for the 17 years they live underground? In this episode we ...

Salmon and the city

How a destructive earthquake opened up a surprising opportunity to do something good for one of the pacific northwest’s most important creatures, juvenile salmon.

Why it’s so hard to swat a fly

It’s springtime which means sunshine, picnics and flies. But you might think twice about reaching for that fly swatter. Flies are amazing creatures that possess the fastest visual systems in the world, use gyroscopes for precision flying, and can see ...

The Path of the Jaguar

Over 60% of Belize is in a natural, wild state, but development is threatening the movements of the jaguars. In this episode, I'll meet the people who are trying to help protect these jungle cats.

The Wild Season 3: Welcome back to the adventure

New episodes start on April 6th.

Sounds from the wild: frogs, elk and snowmelt

A few moments of reflection during these stressful times with the help of meditative sounds from nature.

Bats: Busting the myths

Join me as I meet bats up close and in person and try to figure out the mystery behind these winged mammals.

WILD BITES: What’s the longest migration in the animal kingdom?

The Arctic Tern can fly 60,000 miles in a year. Why do they travel so far?

WILD BITES: How does a sperm whale survive the crushing depths a mile underwater?

Meet the sperm whale, the true deep divers of the ocean.

Bear News: An interview with Chris Morgan

July has been a busy month for bears including a government decision not to restore grizzly bears in the North Cascades in Washington state. If you’re a regular listener to THE WILD you’ll know I’ve spent a lot of years ...