The Wild with Chris Morgan

Bird watching and listening with Libby Mills

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 have one ...

Grey seals of Scotland: my lost tapes from 1994

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 of th...

Rhino Man

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Anton Mzimba was the head ranger at the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve in South Africa. Anton and hundreds of wildlife rangers like him risk their l...

Back to the future: Genetically modified wildlife

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

De-extinction! You probably saw the headlines - big, splashy statements about bringing the dire wolf - the ancient wolf species - back from the dead. ...

The Buffalo Boys of the Kalispel Tribe

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 Indians. ...

Musical termites? What happens when you let nature sing

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Animals and music? What a tantalizing mix! In a fascinating conversation with scientist and musician Dr. Diego Ellis Soto we learn about the way anima...

How the quest for the giant panda changed modern conservation

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 a black an...

The Humpback comeback: Vancouver's whales come home

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Humpback whales in the Salish Sea have a complicated history. They were hunted to near extinction a century ago, with whalers turning some of the larg...

How America’s roads alter our ecology, with Ben Goldfarb (reprise)

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 episo...

Japan's bear attacks: we unravel what's going on

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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.  Why ...

50 years of Jaws: shark myths and misunderstandings

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 anniv...

How our planet came to life with Ferris Jabr

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“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

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 miles f...

Sniffs, scratches, sights and sounds: Ed Yong on how animals sense the world

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 mos...

Tiny but tough: Hummingbirds of the Arizona desert

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Blink and you’ll miss ‘em! In this episode we get to know hummingbirds eyeball-to-eyeball.  The world of the hummingbird is changing ...

Brooke Williams encountered a dragonfly and became a dreamer

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Environmental author Brooke Williams believes that dragonflies are messengers of wisdom and enlightenment. This idea got my head buzzing so I invited ...

A Mexican jaguar walked into Arizona, then the US built a wall

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Twenty-nine years ago cowboy Warner Glen took the first photograph of a jaguar that crossed from Mexico into Arizona. His surprising story opens our s...

New season trailer! Welcome back to THE WILD

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to a brand new season of THE WILD! Travel with Chris as he uncovers unexpected stories from nature. Like jaguars - America’s bigges...

Happy Earth Day 2025!

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Earth Day! There is a lot of uncertainty in the world right now when it comes to the environmental health of our planet. Political leaders seem ...

Tom Mangelsen: Grizzy 399 and confessions of a wildlife photographer

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Mangelsen is one of the most gifted and prolific wildlife photographers of our time. He may be best known for documenting the life of Grizzly Bear...

Yellowstone National Park: Celebrity bears, and a tale of two trout

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You can’t come to Yellowstone without thinking about the grizzly bear. This thriving ancient ecosystem is like a sacred space for them. And a cr...

A harsh life among ‘super over-caffeinated’ penguins (reprise)

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Behind most wildlife documentaries is someone who has spent countless hours, often in challenging conditions, waiting for that perfect shot. Chris tal...

Zoë Schlanger: Do plants think? Why eating a salad may never feel the same again

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Maybe you’re eating an apple, or a piece of lettuce right now. Could be a broccoli stem or perhaps a lovely juicy tomato. If you are, are you wo...

Glacier Bay National Park: Life after ice - the birth of a river

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Melting ice is usually bad news, but this place in Alaska has turned from frozen to flourishing in just 200 years.  Nestled in southeast Alaska, ...

The Wild presents How Wild: Solitude

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are taking a break over the holidays in order to finish up our series about national parks. We’ll be back in your feed on January 7 with a vi...

A river runs through it ... once again (reprise)

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It started as a glacier. Then, about 13,000 years ago, it was a trickle, then a stream, and eventually a rushing river meandering through the Olympic ...

Leigh Ann Henion: Darkness, and the creatures of the night

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nature writer Leigh Ann Henion has spent countless hours uncovering mysteries of the darkness that unfold while we’re asleep. She’s explor...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Fireflies in synchrony

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Once a year they come out, by the thousands. Fireflies. But these aren’t just any fireflies. These are Photinus Carolinas, also known as synchro...

Caroline Tracey: How this tiny bird could save salt lakes

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Four times in the past decade Lake Abert has completely dried up, a barren lakebed encrusted with salt. Salt lakes are among the world's most threaten...

Chris remembers Bear 399

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chris remembers Bear 399, "The Queen" of Grand Teton National Park that was struck and killed by a vehicle near Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Tuesday, Octo...

Everglades National Park: Invasion of the Burmese pythons (reprise)

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the Florida Everglades, the Burmese python is an invasive species that's close to triggering an ecological collapse. We'll head out with python hun...

Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Toxic wasteland to ecological champion

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cuyahoga Valley National Park is nestled between Akron and Cleveland, Ohio. It once was an industrial wasteland, filled with debris from the nearby au...

The Wild presents The Wide Open: Balancing the needs of endangered species and humans

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re on a short break as we finish working on our stories for our series about America’s National Parks. I can’t wait to share with you what we...

The Wild presents Outside/In: Not everyone is wild about wild horses

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re taking a short break from releasing episodes so we can work on more new stories for our series on our National Parks. I hope you’re enjoying...

Goodbye chemical weapons, hello burrowing owls (reprise)

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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

These Italian bears survived gladiators and Mussolini (reprise)

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Just two hours from Rome is one of the richest ecosystems in Europe, a little island of mountains that to this day is home to wolves, wild boar and be...

True grit: the wild wolverine (reprise)

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time in 100 years, wolverines are back in Mount Rainier National Park. How did they get there? In the summer of 2020, there was some big...

Eily Andruszkiewicz Allan: The magic of eDNA

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Top secret military dolphins, exploding whales, and invasive green crabs. These are all things Dr. Eily Andruszkiewicz Allan is interested in learning...

Death Valley National Park: Diving for fish in the hottest place on Earth

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chris joins a team of scuba divers...in the desert!  Death Valley National Park is the hottest place on Earth and the driest place in North Ameri...

Digital Dr. Dolittle: decoding animal conversations with artificial intelligence (reprise)

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Artificial Intelligence is making the stuff of science fiction a science reality, changing how humans interact with the world. It could also change th...

Dan Blumstein: Fear and listening to your inner marmot

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s an episode for movie buffs, music nuts, animal lovers, and anyone dealing with anxiety. Yes, that's quite the range in a 40-minute chat, ...

North Cascades National Park: The wolf comes home

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One day, Chris was on the search for a very rare animal: a single wolf that had made it to the western side of the North Cascade mountains. That day, ...

The wildlife super dog (reprise)

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Karelian Bear Dogs were bred in Finland hundreds of years ago for hunting. From bears to moose, these fearless dogs were on the frontline. Now, ironic...

Stories from THE WILD

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we team up with Story Collider to hear real life tales of adventure and exhilarating encounters with wildlife. From a temporary life-e...

Biscayne National Park: Raising baby corals in America's barrier reef

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How scientists are training corals to be ready for a warmer future. Biscayne National Park is unlike any other national park…it’s 95% und...

There's a cougar in my backyard (reprise)

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A cougar biologist with Washington state once received a complaint. An old lady called him up and said, “There’s a cougar in my backyard.&...

Ben Goldfarb: How America’s roads alter our ecology

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It is safe to say that Americans love their cars. The mythology of the open road speaks to us all, calling us for adventure. But American wildlife mig...

Redwood National Park: Saving the tallest trees on Earth

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Discover why scientists are chopping down redwood trees… to save them. Redwood National and State Parks are home to some of the tallest trees o...

Welcome back to THE WILD for Season 6

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This season's going to be a little different...we're headed to our national parks. We've got eight special episodes recorded on location in America&rs...

Grizzlies coming back to the North Cascades

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve been a longtime listener of THE WILD then you know that I’ve been a champion of bringing back grizzly bears to the North Cascades of Was...

Broadcast: In search of silence

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Broadcast: Leave it to beavers

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ecosystem...

Broadcast: How to stay safe in the wild

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Broadcast: How to catch a grizzly

17 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

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

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 helic...

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

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 B...

Urban Coyote

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 in...

Invasion of the Burmese pythons, part 2

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 solv...

Invasion of the Burmese pythons, part 1

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the Florida Everglades, the Burmese python is an invasive species that's close to triggering an ecological collapse. But not if these python hunter...

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

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Digital Dr. Dolittle: decoding animal conversations with artificial intelligence

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Eavesdropping on orcas: love, grief, and family

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 gi...

Season 5 Trailer

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome (back) to The Wild. New episodes start on March 14!Host Chris Morgan is back with another season of The Wild. Join him on new adventures from ...

A short check-in from Chris

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hi all - Chris here - I’ve missed you! I hope you’re doing well and finding a way to get out and enjoy a bit of nature….maybe a hike in the moun...

The fiery spell of Desolation

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One recent September I stopped at the side of highway 20 that crosses Washington state’s North Cascade Mountains. At the side of the road was a sign...

Make it like it was: Clean, cold and flowing Gold Creek of Snoqualmie Pass

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join me as I squeeze on a dry suit, don a snorkel, and jump into an icy mountain river.“That's what I'm amazed by, that a little tiny stream, not ev...

Etuaptmumk: Two Eyed Seeing

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I was trained as a traditional scientist, to look at the world through that perspective. Analytical, and clinical. In this “western science” you h...

Coral reefs: a biological symphony being silenced

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

To most of us, coral reefs conjure up magical places full of colorful species and life. They are unknown and otherworldly. Their beauty is perhaps a r...

Hard Knocks: Lessons from the woodpecker

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I’ve thought about this stuff a lot as I listen to the northern flicker woodpecker tapping noisily away on the rain gutter outside my bedroom window...

Nuclear sea otters: A wildlife refugee story

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join me among the crashing waves of the Pacific Northwest coast in Washington State.This unique wildlife story starts, not there, but with a nuclear e...

Happy 46th Birthday! An Earth Day message from Chris

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Earth Day to you all. For a while now I've wanted to share a short piece like this, and Earth Day seems like the right time! I hope you can kick...

The Cougar Conundrum

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One thing that I love about my work is that I get the opportunity to talk to so many interesting people working with wildlife around the world. For to...

True grit: the wild wolverine

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode you may notice a lot of heavy breathing - because I’m on the trail of a wolverine high up in the mountains. Here’s the story….In...

The Comeback Cat: Spain’s Iberian lynx

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Like so many carnivores around the world, through history the Iberian lynx was persecuted as a menace or a threat to livestock and lifestyle: they wer...

How to love a shark

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Shark reputations have never quite been the same since the movie Jaws came out nearly 50 years ago.Sharks face some very direct threats. They are kill...

The secret lives of giraffes and the woman who studied them

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Innis Dagg is a tough, straight-talking, trailblazing woman, dedicated to science and social justice. In 1956, she went to South Africa to study ...

Goodbye chemical weapons, hello burrowing owls

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“So there are two important days in your life, the day that you're born, and the day you find out why. I know why I was born, for the owls. So I'm g...

Portugal’s ecological utopia

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I do love a good border crossing, so join me as I travel to Northeast Portugal, into the Coa River Valley, to witness a really interesting story that ...

THE WILD: Season 4 Trailer

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back! I am so excited to share our new season with all of you.New episodes of THE WILD begin on Tuesday, January 18th.My team and I have been ...

Living Planet (special episode)

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I hope you are having a lovely summer so far. Or winter if you’re south of the equator. THE WILD team is busy working on episodes for the next seaso...

Message from Chris: Season 4

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everybody….. I just wanted to say thanks for tuning into our third season of THE WILD. It’s been such a pleasure to share these stories and he...

Sitting on a den of rattlesnakes

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rattlesnakes have long been persecuted, even killed for sport or having their entire dens burned. I head out with two wildlife biologists to look for ...

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

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For an ecologist like me, Santa Cruz island is a bit of a dream. It is home to a quite famous fox. It is like no “apex predator” I’ve ever seen ...

California’s condor: the dinosaur bird

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hundreds, maybe even thousands of people have been involved in saving the California condor. We meet some of them in this episode, including a former ...

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

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I’m talking with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant. Rae is a large carnivore ecologist and a fellow with the National Geographic Society. She is also a Rese...

Orangutans: people of the forest

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Northern Sumatra is a magical tropical home to the endangered orangutan. But their rainforest home is being cut down, and many are orphaned as their h...

Billions of bugs: life of a cicada underground

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

A message from Chris

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I hope you're enjoying spring wherever you are. I just wanted to let you know that we're taking a short break to work on some new episodes. We just go...

Salmon and the city

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Something a little different this week everyone - WILD producer Matt Martin found a surprising story about an opportunity to do something good for one...

The brain of the raven

04 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Being a “bird brain” is a complement if you’re talking about ravens. They are smart. Their intelligence allows them to empathize and read emotio...

Why it’s so hard to swat a fly

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s springtime which means sunshine, picnics and flies. But you might think twice about reaching for that fly swatter. Flies are amazing creatures ...

Saving the mountain caribou

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is a tough story to tell. In 2019 the last of the mountain caribou in the lower 48 states disappeared. Extinct. Deforestation threatens those tha...

The Path of the Jaguar

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

The Flight of the Scarlet Macaw

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There are only 350 scarlet macaws left in the wild in Belize. They face the threats of poaching and habitat lose. But let us introduce you to the pass...

The Wild Season 3: Welcome back to the adventure

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

New episodes start on April 6th.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leave it to beavers, seriously

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hi everyone. We’ve missed bringing you new episodes of The Wild, but that’s about to change. We’re kicking off our third season on April 6th. We...

Sounds from the wild: frogs, elk and snowmelt

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A few moments of reflection during these stressful times with the help of meditative sounds from nature.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

Escape to the sounds of nature

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are all going through some challenging times, a pandemic, for Americans, an election whirlwind...or maybe other things in life. So, we wanted to gi...

Bats: Busting the myths

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join me as I meet bats up close and in person and try to figure out the mystery behind these winged mammals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

The Great British Birding Show

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kick back for a spot of British birdwatching as I head into the English countryside with twitcher Lee Evans. Lee is an extreme birder and he’s becom...