Remembering David Johnson and the burrowing owls he loved
We are republishing our episode of burrowing owls to remember owl expert David Johnson after his passing due to cancer.
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"THE WILD with Chris Morgan" explores how nature survives and thrives alongside (and often despite) humans. Taking listeners across the Pacific Northwest and around the world, host Chris Mor...
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Earth Day 2026 - You look beautiful
Host Chris Morgan presents a special Earth Day episode.
Bird watching and listening with Libby Mills
When I was eight, growing up in England, I was already really into birds. I was in the Young Ornithologists Club for goodness sake! I didn't...
Grey seals of Scotland: my lost tapes from 1994
Today, a fun trip down memory lane! Lots of things have shaped my life and work as an ecologist, and this experience when I was 25 was one o...
Rhino Man
Anton Mzimba was the head ranger at the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve in South Africa. Anton and hundreds of wildlife rangers like him ri...
Back to the future: Genetically modified wildlife
De-extinction! You probably saw the headlines - big, splashy statements about bringing the dire wolf - the ancient wolf species - back from...
The Buffalo Boys of the Kalispel Tribe
I drive across the mountains and forests to a small corner of Washington state, where there's a group of ranchers from the Kalispel Tribe of...
Musical termites? What happens when you let nature sing
Animals and music? What a tantalizing mix! In a fascinating conversation with scientist and musician Dr. Diego Ellis Soto we learn about the...
How the quest for the giant panda changed modern conservation
There was a time when the existence of the giant panda was nothing more than legend. A fairytale to those in the western world. Whispers of...
The Humpback comeback: Vancouver's whales come home
Humpback whales in the Salish Sea have a complicated history. They were hunted to near extinction a century ago, with whalers turning some o...
How America’s roads alter our ecology, with Ben Goldfarb (reprise)
Happy holidays! Thanks for tuning into THE WILD. I'm so glad you're here. THE WILD team is hard at work on some more brand-new episodes that...
Japan's bear attacks: we unravel what's going on
Bear attacks in Japan have been in the news a lot recently. There have been over 220 attacks so far this year, and a record 13 people dead....
50 years of Jaws: shark myths and misunderstandings
JAWS can only mean one thing! The movie that forever changed how we feel about sharks. It did me, that's for sure. To commemorate the 50th a...
How our planet came to life with Ferris Jabr
"Life is earth, animated." When I heard this statement for the first time it made me think about my relationship to our planet differently....
The story of Whatcom Creek: an explosion, a tragedy, and a rebirth
This is not an easy story to tell. In the town where I live, Bellingham, Washington, there's a beautiful urban creek. It flows just four mil...
Sniffs, scratches, sights and sounds: Ed Yong on how animals sense the world
Have you ever wondered why your dog takes such a long time to sniff a patch of grass? Or why flies buzz around so sporadically? It's because...
Tiny but tough: Hummingbirds of the Arizona desert
Blink and you'll miss 'em! In this episode we get to know hummingbirds eyeball-to-eyeball. The world of the hummingbird is changing fast in...
Brooke Williams encountered a dragonfly and became a dreamer
Environmental author Brooke Williams believes that dragonflies are messengers of wisdom and enlightenment. This idea got my head buzzing so...
A Mexican jaguar walked into Arizona, then the US built a wall
Twenty-nine years ago cowboy Warner Glen took the first photograph of a jaguar that crossed from Mexico into Arizona. His surprising story o...
New season trailer! Welcome back to THE WILD
Welcome back to a brand new season of THE WILD! Travel with Chris as he uncovers unexpected stories from nature. Like jaguars - America's bi...