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THE WILD with Chris Morgan is a celebration of the natural world and the people devoted to wild places and incredible species. Each episode explores our world’s complex web of ecosystems, taking listeners on an immersive, sound-rich journey across the Pacific Northwest and around the world. From climbing a giant redwood tree to howling for wolves to snorkeling over a coral reef, listeners will feel as though they are side-by-side with host and ecologist Chris Morgan, experiencing the wonder and resilience of nature.

THE WILD is a production of KUOW and Chris Morgan Wildlife, with support from Wildlife Media. It is produced by Matt Martin and Lucy Soucek. It is edited by Jim Gates. It is hosted, produced and written by Chris Morgan. Fact checking by Apryle Craig. Our theme music is by Michael Parker.

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Episodes

  • caption: Chris Morgan (left) and Jocelyn Akins (right) move across a snow field in Mount Rainier National Park towards a wolverine camera site.

    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?

  • caption: Dr. Rachel Graham, Evaristo Muschamp and Nelson Ortega ready a hammerhead shark for tagging and release.

    How to love a shark

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

  • caption: Sorraia horses with GPS collars are being used to help rebuild the landscape in the Coa River Valley of Portugal.

    Portugal’s ecological utopia

    A curious story of fires, Stone Age art, rural abandonment, and a mission to bring back an entire forest ecosystem.

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    Living Planet (special episode)

    This is a special episode from the podcast Living Planet from Deutsche Welle. In this episode they explore the efforts to bring life back to seabeds off the coast of Scotland and learn about an app that can tell what species a frog is by its song. A sort of Shazam for amphibians.

  • Season 3 note

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  • caption: Chris holding a Northern Pacific rattlesnake. The age of a snake can be determined by the number of coils on their rattlers.

    Sitting on a den of rattlesnakes

    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 rattlesnakes as they emerge from hibernation and learn about the important role these snakes play in our ecosystem.

  • caption: Two Island Foxes make their way through the brush on Santa Cruz island.

    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.