The Wild with Chris Morgan

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’ve got lots of exciting wildlife adventures to share including a trip to Central America and the country of Belize. The jungles are teaming with wildlife there. It’s one of the most bio-diverse places on the planet. I don’t want to give too much away about the trip just yet, but I’ll give you a hint....Jaguars

A few moments of reflection during these stressful times with the help of meditative sounds from nature.

We take a break from these stressful times and immerse ourselves in the sounds of the natural world, free of human beings and their noise.

Join me as I meet bats up close and in person and try to figure out the mystery behind these winged mammals.

Join Chris Morgan as he travels the English countryside with Twitcher Lee Evans.

The Arctic Tern can fly 60,000 miles in a year. Why do they travel so far?

The secret and fascinating world of these miniature marvels.

Meet the sperm whale, the true deep divers of the ocean.

There’s a wild animal and a team of researchers that might hold the clue to space travel.

July has been a busy month for bears including a government decision not to restore grizzly bears in the North Cascades in Washington state. If you’re a regular listener to THE WILD you’ll know I’ve spent a lot of years working for these bears. It’s an issue near and dear to my heart. So I wanted to share a short interview I did on this subject with Kim Malcolm, host of All Things Considered on KUOW in Seattle. I hope you enjoy it. 

On the conservation roller coaster, good and bad news for grizzly bears.

Learn how you can support The Wild and can get early access to new episodes and bonus content by going to our donation page. When you’re outside hiking or camping and you encounter an animal, it’s important to understand what’s going on from the animal’s perspective. On today’s episode Chris will share people’s real life interactions with animals and discuss what they did right and what they should have done differently. Here are links to the videos discussed on the episode capturing people’s surprising encounters with other creatures: Brown bear encounter Hiking with bears Mountain biker meets mountain lion Sea lion drags girl off dock Gorillas in Uganda

I saddle up, take to the hills of eastern Washington state and meet a man who left his city life behind to protect the wolves he loves.

There is probably no other species in North America that elicits more division than wolves. The sides usually come down to ranchers who fear for their cattle and environmentalists who fear the extinction of an animal that they value. ‘I found a current population pack of wolves and I put my finger in the middle of the map,’ said Daniel Curry. ‘And I said I am going to go there and I am going to do something.’ That “something” was to become a range rider. One part wolf-protecting conservationist, one part modern-day cowboy. Daniel’s new job is to literally stand between cattle and wolves, to keep the peace in today’s wild west. Daniel's work as a range rider is supported by [Conservation Northwest](http:// https://www.conservationnw.org/our-work/wildlife/range-rider-pilot-project/ ) and the Northeast Washington Wolf Cattle Collaborative (NEWWCC). It takes a lot of resources to produce these stories. If you are able, I’d like you to consider making a donation of any size to help support this work. Find out more information at our donation page.

I love scat. Excrement, feces, poop...call it what you will, when you’re a wildlife guy this stuff is a goldmine of information. There’s even a technical term for the study of it - scatology. Out in the wilderness, it’s the best way to track an animal and get a sketch of its movements and diet. On this episode of THE WILD, I’ll look at three different ways biologists are using scat to understand and protect wildlife, including poop parties, a dog on a boat and an international crime fighter. It takes a lot of resources to produce these stories. If you are able, I’d like you to consider making a donation of any size to help support this work. Find out more information at our donation page. Special thanks to filmmaker Kate Brooks for allowing us to use clips from her film, The Last Animals. You can watch the film here.