The Wild with Chris Morgan

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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 Morgan explores wildlife and the complex web of ecosystems they inhabit. He also tells the stories of people working in and protecting the wild around us.

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  • Broadcast: In search of silence

    On this special one hour of THE WILD with Chris Morgan, I'll explore natural silence, and how being quiet out in the natural world and having places to do that can be pretty transformative. I'll also spend time in the trees with a...

  • Broadcast: Leave it to beavers

    On this one-hour special of THE WILD with Chris Morgan, Chris explores the mighty beaver and its role in reshaping our landscapes and entire ecosystems. Then we plunge into the waters along the pacific coast to follow a sea lion’s...

  • Broadcast: How to stay safe in the wild

    On this one-hour special of THE WILD with Chris Morgan, Chris shares tips on how to stay safe in the wild and explores the psychology of animals with author Richard Louv. THE WILD is a production of KUOW in Seattle in partnership with...

  • Broadcast: How to catch a grizzly

    This is a special one-hour special of THE WILD with Chris Morgan featuring favorite episodes like the first time Chris caught a grizzly bear. In Part One of this episode Chris recounts catching a grizzly bear while conducting research...

  • The polar bears of Hudson Bay: cubs, climate, and calories, part 2

    We learn about calorie counting for polar bears and what the future could look like for the Hudson Bay polar bear population. We’re back in the helicopter with polar bear researchers Dr. Nick Lunn and Dave McGeachy, searching for...

  • The polar bears of Hudson Bay: cubs, climate, and calories, part 1

    How the changing seasons of our planet are shifting the traditions of the place, the polar bears, and the people of the north. This sea ice of Hudson Bay is what makes life possible for polar bears. It’s as important to them as the air...

  • Urban Coyote

    How these canids survive among city skyscrapers and sidewalks. And what that can teach us about saving the planet. In April of 2007, a coyote walked into a Quiznos in downtown Chicago. It walked inside the front door, right into a fast...

  • Invasion of the Burmese pythons, part 2

    Who let the 200-pound python out?  Today, the origin of the Burmese python problem in the Everglades. And how science is being used to try to solve what seems like a losing battle.  I'm back in South Florida, in the Everglades, on the...

  • 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. Burmese pythons are huge compared to the native snakes...

  • The worst wedding gift in history: an Irish tale of predator helps prey

    On this episode, join me in Ireland for a very Irish tale!  If you’re from where I live in the Pacific Northwest, squirrels might not seem very special. It seems like all I have to do is look out my window and I’ll see one, bounding...

  • Digital Dr. Dolittle: decoding animal conversations with artificial intelligence

    Whenever I'm out doing field work or on a hike, I’ve not only got my eyes wide open, but my ears too. There’s a lot going on in a forest or under the sea - the sounds of nature. So many of those sounds in nature are about...

  • Eavesdropping on orcas: love, grief, and family

    This past summer, I was in Alaska in a little coastal town called Seward - a gorgeous spot on the Kenai Peninsula tucked between the ocean and some giant glacier-covered mountains. I met a guy named Dan Olsen, who records killer whale...