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The Wild with Chris Morgan

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THE WILD with Chris Morgan brings stories from the natural world right to your ears in a beautifully immersive way. You’ll feel like you are right there with Chris in wild places all over the world, alongside wildlife ecologists, researchers and colorful characters on the front line.

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44:37

Death Valley National Park: Diving for fish in the...

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2024/07/30

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 America. The heat that builds beneath Death Valley’s cloudless skies radiates off barren rocks and sinks into the valley bottoms, where it warms, baking everything it touches and evaporates any water foolish enough to linger at the surface. But beneath miles of dry desert land - in the largest national park in the lower 48 - is something you can't see from the

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50:02

Digital Dr. Dolittle: decoding animal conversations...

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2024/07/23

Artificial Intelligence is making the stuff of science fiction a science reality, changing how humans interact with the world. It could also change the way we interact with wildlife, giving us the ability to talk to animals...but are we ready? On this episode Chris talks to Aza Raskin, co-founder of Earth Species Project and Karen Bakker, a professor at the University of British Columbia, about animal communication and the pros and cons of the latest AI technology. This show would not be possible

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45:37

Dan Blumstein: Fear and listening to your inner marmot

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2024/07/16

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, but Dr Dan Blumstein delivers them all in a fascinating conversation with Chris about FEAR. Dan is a professor of conservation biology at UCLA and author of the book The Nature of Fear: Survival Lessons from the Wild. He spent his career trying to better understand the emotion by looking at marmots. He says that animals can help us better understand

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44:36

North Cascades National Park: The wolf comes home

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2024/07/09

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, to his amazement, he found a set of fresh tracks on a sandy riverbed. Wolves had been extinct here in Washington state for nearly a hundred years, so the find was incredible. These mythical creatures are very slowly returning to the North Cascades. It’s a sign of hope for both Jason Ransom, a biologist at the National Park, and Scott Schuyler from

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31:00

The wildlife super dog (reprise)

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2024/07/02

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, ironically, they are being used to save bears and other species. In some remote parts of the country grizzly bears have been known to wander into town, presenting a danger of encounters with humans. Now these Karelian Bear Dogs are being used to scare bears away and prevent future returns. We'll head to Montana to talk to the woman whose brainchild it was to

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43:54

Stories from THE WILD

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2024/06/25

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-ending jolt from the sky to a 2,650-mile hike in search of healing and solace after a personal tragedy. We'll also hear about a very close encounter with a grizzly from our WILD story telling event at McCaw Hall in Seattle. This show would not be possible without listener support. You can help us continue to create this special immersive storytelling by

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39:04

Biscayne National Park: Raising baby corals in...

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2024/06/18

How scientists are training corals to be ready for a warmer future. Biscayne National Park is unlike any other national park…it’s 95% underwater. It’s home to part of the third largest coral reef in the world and the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States. But this past summer, the corals in and around this park on Florida’s coral reef experienced the worst coral bleaching event ever recorded. Water temperatures broke records, rising to over 100 degrees for two days in a

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25:41

Archive: There's a cougar in my backyard

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2024/06/11

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.” And the biologist responded, “Well, that’s funny because I got a call this morning from a cougar. He told me there’s an old lady in his front yard!”Our backyards are getting bigger. And the cougar’s front yard is getting smaller. This episode, we search out some of these big cats to understand the impact cougars and humans have on each other. This show would not

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42:22

Ben Goldfarb: How America’s roads alter our ecology

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2024/06/04

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 might have something else to say about that. One million animals are killed on roads every day but the problem with our transportation system goes beyond roadkill.Environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb says practically everything in the natural world is influenced by all these miles of gravel and tarmac. His latest book is “Crossings: How Road Ecology is

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38:17

Redwood National Park: Saving the tallest trees on Earth

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2024/05/28

Discover why scientists are chopping down redwood trees… to save them.Redwood National and State Parks are home to some of the tallest trees on Earth, coast redwoods. These ancient California forests support hundreds of different species, and store more carbon than any other forest on the planet. But in the last century, 95% of them were cut down by loggers. Now, scientists are trying to find ways to bring old growth redwoods back and they've discovered a surprising strategy... cutting them down

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2:56

Welcome back to THE WILD for Season 6

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2024/05/14

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’s national parks: stories about their biodiversity, their complex histories, and how they are protecting nature. We'll explore all sorts of different ecosystems, from the tallest trees on the planet to the hottest place on earth. Plus we've got more surprises for you including fun conversations where I try to keep up with the sharpest minds in wildlife

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25:22

Grizzlies coming back to the North Cascades

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2024/04/26

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 Washington here in the mountains near where I live. On April 25, 2024 that dream has taken a massive step towards becoming reality. The National Park Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service have announced that they will be restoring the grizzly population that called this place home for thousands of years. They were a key part of this ecosystem before

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00:51:18

Broadcast: In search of silence

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2023/11/07

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 forest therapist and talk to author Florence Williams about the healing powers of nature and I’ll go searching for the one of the quietest places in the world in Olympic National Park.THE WILD is a production of KUOW in Seattle in partnership with Chris Morgan Wildlife and

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00:47:36

Broadcast: Leave it to beavers

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2023/10/31

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 journey from California all the way up the Columbia River in search of salmon, in what has become a controversial story of survival between two protected species.THE WILD is a production of KUOW in Seattle in partnership with Chris Morgan Wildlife and Wildlife Media. It is

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00:54:41

Broadcast: How to stay safe in the wild

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2023/10/24

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 Chris Morgan Wildlife and Wildlife Media. It is produced by Lucy Soucek and Matt Martin, and edited by Jim Gates. This special episode was produced by Brandi Fullwood. It is hosted, produced and written by Chris Morgan. Fact checking by Apryle Craig. Our theme music is

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00:49:18

Broadcast: How to catch a grizzly

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2023/10/17

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 in the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies. In the second part of the show, Chris shares the history of grizzlies in the North Cascades and how they became known as ghost bears. THE WILD is a production of KUOW in Seattle in partnership with Chris Morgan Wildlife and

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00:41:44

The polar bears of Hudson Bay: cubs, climate, and...

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2023/06/20

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 mother bears with cubs.This is springtime over the huge, frigid landscape. Mother bears are waking up after eight months of fasting and heading out to the sea ice of Hudson Bay.Looking across this hostile environment- nothing but ice and biting cold wind - really makes you

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00:45:32

The polar bears of Hudson Bay: cubs, climate, and...

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2023/06/06

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 they breathe.Every year, hundreds of bears move through this area and they’re forced to come ashore in the summer when the ice melts — a grueling annual migration that pushes the bears from ice to land and back to ice again.But there’s one group of bears that’s not out

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00:37:06

Urban Coyote

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2023/05/23

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 food restaurant full of people. And then, it sat in a soda cooler for an hour. It was an event so rare, it made the evening news.Why did the coyote walk into the Quiznos? How was it so tolerant of people? It's not normal for a wild animal to be less than six feet away

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00:35:17

Invasion of the Burmese pythons, part 2

The Wild with Chris Morgan ·

2023/05/09

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 side of a dirt road next to a canal. It looks pretty similar to where I met Anthony Flanagan and Kevin Pavlidis - the two python bounty hunters from the last episode.Out in front of me are miles and miles of marshland. Today, we're diving back into the Burmese python

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