The Wild with Chris Morgan
"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.Podcasts
The Wild Presents Outside/In: Not everyone is wild about wild horses
Published: Sept. 17, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 57 seconds
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Goodbye chemical weapons, hello burrowing owls (reprise)
Published: Aug. 27, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 13 seconds
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True grit: the wild wolverine (reprise)
Published: Aug. 13, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 46 seconds
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Eily Andruszkiewicz Allan: The magic of eDNA
Published: Aug. 6, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 47 seconds
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Death Valley National Park: Diving for fish in the hottest place on Earth
Published: July 30, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 37 seconds
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Dan Blumstein: Fear and listening to your inner marmot
Published: July 16, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 37 seconds
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North Cascades National Park: The wolf comes home
Published: July 9, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 36 seconds
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The wildlife super dog (reprise)
Published: July 2, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes
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Stories from THE WILD
Published: June 25, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 54 seconds
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Biscayne National Park: Raising baby corals in America's barrier reef
Published: June 18, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 4 seconds
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There's a cougar in my backyard (reprise)
Published: June 11, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 41 seconds
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Ben Goldfarb: How Americas roads alter our ecology
Published: June 4, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 22 seconds
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Redwood National Park: Saving the tallest trees on Earth
Published: May 28, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 17 seconds
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Welcome back to THE WILD for Season 6
Published: May 14, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 56 seconds
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Grizzlies coming back to the North Cascades
Published: April 26, 2024, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 22 seconds
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Broadcast: In search of silence
Published: Nov. 7, 2023, 8:04 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 19 seconds
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Broadcast: Leave it to beavers
Published: Oct. 31, 2023, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 37 seconds
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Broadcast: How to stay safe in the wild
Published: Oct. 24, 2023, 9:05 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 42 seconds
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Broadcast: How to catch a grizzly
Published: Oct. 17, 2023, 11:39 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 18 seconds
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The polar bears of Hudson Bay: cubs, climate, and calories, part 1
Published: June 6, 2023, 7:03 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 33 seconds
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Invasion of the Burmese pythons, part 2
Published: May 9, 2023, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 17 seconds
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Invasion of the Burmese pythons, part 1
Published: April 25, 2023, 7 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 54 seconds
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The worst wedding gift in history: an Irish tale of predator helps prey
Published: April 11, 2023, 7 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 24 seconds
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Digital Dr. Dolittle: decoding animal conversations with artificial intelligence
Published: March 28, 2023, 7:05 a.m.Duration: 49 minutes 36 seconds
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Eavesdropping on orcas: love, grief, and family
Published: March 14, 2023, 7:05 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 56 seconds
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Season 5 Trailer
Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 8:33 p.m.Duration: 3 minutes 59 seconds
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A short check-in from Chris
Published: Dec. 7, 2022, 3:53 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 4 seconds
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The fiery spell of Desolation
Published: July 1, 2022, 7:51 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 17 seconds
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Make it like it was: Clean, cold and flowing Gold Creek of Snoqualmie Pass
Published: June 21, 2022, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 1 second
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Etuaptmumk: Two Eyed Seeing
Published: June 7, 2022, 7:05 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 39 seconds
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Coral reefs: a biological symphony being silenced
Published: May 23, 2022, 9:37 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 12 seconds
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Hard Knocks: Lessons from the woodpecker
Published: May 10, 2022, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 42 seconds
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Nuclear sea otters: A wildlife refugee story
Published: April 26, 2022, 7:14 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 12 seconds
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Happy 46th Birthday! An Earth Day message from Chris
Published: April 22, 2022, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 24 seconds
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The Cougar Conundrum
Published: April 12, 2022, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 17 seconds
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True grit: the wild wolverine
Published: March 29, 2022, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 44 seconds
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The Comeback Cat: Spains Iberian lynx
Published: March 15, 2022, 7:05 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 52 seconds
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How to love a shark
Published: March 1, 2022, 8:04 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 43 seconds
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The secret lives of giraffes and the woman who studied them
Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 8:04 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 39 seconds
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Goodbye chemical weapons, hello burrowing owls
Published: Feb. 1, 2022, 8:04 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 22 seconds
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Portugals ecological utopia
Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 8:04 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 1 second
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THE WILD: Season 4 Trailer
Published: Jan. 4, 2022, 8:04 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 34 seconds
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Living Planet (special episode)
Published: Aug. 17, 2021, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 50 seconds
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Message from Chris: Season 4
Published: July 20, 2021, 2:36 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
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Sitting on a den of rattlesnakes
Published: July 13, 2021, 7:05 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 17 seconds
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The rise and fall...and rise...of the island fox
Published: July 6, 2021, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 40 seconds
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Californias condor: the dinosaur bird
Published: June 29, 2021, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 38 seconds
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Bears and diversity: a conversation with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant
Published: June 22, 2021, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 20 seconds
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Orangutans: people of the forest
Published: June 15, 2021, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 39 seconds
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Billions of bugs: life of a cicada underground
Published: June 1, 2021, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 57 seconds
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A message from Chris
Published: May 18, 2021, 12:19 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 25 seconds
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The brain of the raven
Published: May 4, 2021, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 50 seconds
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Why its so hard to swat a fly
Published: April 27, 2021, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 50 seconds
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Saving the mountain caribou
Published: April 20, 2021, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 22 seconds
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The Path of the Jaguar
Published: April 13, 2021, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 30 seconds
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The Flight of the Scarlet Macaw
Published: April 6, 2021, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 46 seconds
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The Wild Season 3: Welcome back to the adventure
Published: March 23, 2021, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 51 seconds
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Sounds from the wild: frogs, elk and snowmelt
Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 8:04 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 11 seconds
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Escape to the sounds of nature
Published: Nov. 3, 2020, 8:04 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 1 second
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Bats: Busting the myths
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 53 seconds
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The Great British Birding Show
Published: Oct. 6, 2020, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 51 seconds
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WILD BITES: Whats the longest migration in the animal kingdom?
Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 19 seconds
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The tiniest farmer on earth
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 17 seconds
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WILD BITES: The tiniest farmer on Earth?
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 15 seconds
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WILD BITES: How does a sperm whale survive the crushing depths a mile underwater?
Published: Aug. 25, 2020, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 47 seconds
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WILD BITES: How can arctic squirrels help us get to Mars?
Published: Aug. 11, 2020, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 10 seconds
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Bear News: An interview with Chris Morgan
Published: July 28, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 51 seconds
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The wolf ranger
Published: June 16, 2020, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 36 seconds
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The power of poop
Published: June 2, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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How to bring back a Scottish forest
Published: May 20, 2020, 8:22 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes
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How to bring back a forest, and a Scotland of the past, one tree at a time
Published: May 20, 2020, 8:22 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 56 seconds
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Owls: Natures hunting machine
Published: May 5, 2020, 3:34 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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How to spot an owl in Washington (it's easier than you think)
Published: May 5, 2020, 3:34 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds
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Sidedoor - Alexander von Humboldt
Published: April 28, 2020, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 28 seconds
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So you caught a cougar, now what?
Published: April 14, 2020, 2:59 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 40 seconds
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So, you've caught a cougar. Now what? (Tech 2)
Published: April 14, 2020, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 37 seconds
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How to catch a cougar
Published: April 7, 2020, 3:40 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 28 seconds
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How catch a cougar in Washington
Published: April 7, 2020, 3:40 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 24 seconds
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How to Catch a Cougar (Tech 1)
Published: April 7, 2020, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 25 seconds
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Northwest tribes' legacy, and power, of telling a good story
Published: April 1, 2020, 9:24 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds
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The ancient wild
Published: April 1, 2020, 9:24 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 26 seconds
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Finding Peace in the Silence
Published: March 24, 2020, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 45 seconds
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The wildlife super dog
Published: March 17, 2020, 3:39 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 55 seconds
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The Wildlife Superdog
Published: March 17, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 51 seconds
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The secret lives of trees
Published: March 10, 2020, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 46 seconds
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The Secret Life of Trees
Published: March 10, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 48 seconds
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How would you rate your relationship to nature, animals?
Published: March 4, 2020, 5:53 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 12 seconds
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Richard Louv and our connection with animals
Published: March 4, 2020, 5:53 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 15 seconds
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A river runs through it ... once again
Published: Feb. 25, 2020, 3:46 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 45 seconds
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A River Runs Through It...Once Again
Published: Feb. 25, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 53 seconds
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Return to Svalbard: Earth's icy food chain is about more than polar bears
Published: Feb. 18, 2020, 5:07 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 15 seconds
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Return to Svalbard
Published: Feb. 18, 2020, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 56 seconds
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KUOW's THE WILD with Chris Morgan returns in February
Published: Jan. 29, 2020, 12:19 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 29 seconds
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Season 2 Preview
Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 29 seconds
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LIVE: Stories from THE WILD
Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 1:04 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 4 seconds
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Stories from the Wild, Part 2
Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 8:02 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 8 seconds
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Stories from The Wild, Part 1
Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 37 seconds
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The quietest place in the world is … right here in Washington state
Published: Nov. 12, 2019, 8:04 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 5 seconds
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The quietest place on earth
Published: Nov. 12, 2019, 8:04 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 7 seconds
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BONUS - Learning to listen with Gordon Hempton
Published: Nov. 12, 2019, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 5 seconds
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Waiting for penguins
Published: Oct. 8, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 59 minutes 9 seconds
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BONUS - Jeff Wilson and Mark Smith Full Interview
Published: Oct. 8, 2019, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 59 minutes 5 seconds
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Life hack: Go sniff a pine. Your heart and mind will thank you
Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 57 seconds
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Florence Williams - Full Interview
Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 53 seconds
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The goofy looking rodent we all rely on
Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 15 seconds
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Ben Goldfarb - Full Interview
Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 19 seconds
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Protecting where the spirit bears roam
Published: July 23, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 18 seconds
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The Great Bear Rainforest - Live in Seattle
Published: July 23, 2019, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 18 seconds
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The hunt to find just one square inch of silence
Published: June 18, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 13 seconds
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A harsh life among super over-caffeinated penguins
Published: June 10, 2019, 7:05 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 49 seconds
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Bombs, guns and sea lions on the Columbia River
Published: June 4, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 18 seconds
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Bombs, guns and sea lions
Published: June 4, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 19 seconds
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Guns, Bombs and Sea Lions
Published: June 4, 2019, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 18 seconds
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The ghost bears of Washington state
Published: May 28, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 25 seconds
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Chris Morgan sees a forest therapist
Published: May 21, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 43 seconds
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Chris Sees a Forest Therapist
Published: May 21, 2019, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 45 seconds
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These Italian bears survived gladiators and Mussolini
Published: May 14, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 1 second
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50 Bears, 2 Hours from Rome
Published: May 14, 2019, 7:01 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 2 seconds
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Animal psychology and how to stay safe in the wild
Published: May 7, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 44 seconds
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Living in a freezing hole, watching for tigers that may never come
Published: April 30, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 16 seconds
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A Siberian tiger named Bloody Mary
Published: April 30, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 16 seconds
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Leave it to beavers, seriously
Published: April 23, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 47 seconds
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Return of ze big bad wolf
Published: April 16, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 47 seconds
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How to Catch a Grizzly
Published: April 9, 2019, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes
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The first time I caught a grizzly bear
Published: April 9, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 57 seconds
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A Cougar Walks Into Your Backyard...
Published: April 2, 2019, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 2 seconds
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Neighbor calls a biologist: ‘There’s a cougar in my backyard.’ And he says...
Published: April 2, 2019, 7:04 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes
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Season 1 Preview
Published: March 6, 2019, 8:57 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 19 seconds
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The wild around you
Published: March 6, 2019, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds
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