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• 50 years of Jaws: shark myths and misunderstandings

  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 anniversary of the movie, we thought it might be time to help separate fact from fiction in a fun...

  9 dec 2025 3196 sec.

• How our planet came to life with Ferris Jabr

  “Life is earth, animated.” When I heard this statement for the first time it made me think about my relationship to our planet differently. That all life on earth is part of a giant feedback loop, a process of self-creation that has...

  2 dec 2025 2922 sec.

• The story of Whatcom Creek: an explosion, a tragedy, and a rebirth

  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 from a lake, through a city park, down through the town to the sea. But in the summer of...

  18 nov 2025 2635 sec.

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

  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 most of what a creature actually senses is invisible to us. They perceive their world as...

  11 nov 2025 1660 sec.

• Tiny but tough: Hummingbirds of the Arizona desert

  Blink and you’ll miss ‘em! In this episode we get to know hummingbirds eyeball-to-eyeball.  The world of the hummingbird is changing fast in the deserts of Arizona. So much so that even an animal as quick as a hummingbird is...

  4 nov 2025 2175 sec.

• Brooke Williams encountered a dragonfly and became a dreamer

  Environmental author Brooke Williams believes that dragonflies are messengers of wisdom and enlightenment. This idea got my head buzzing so I invited Williams to join me at a pond near my home to talk about it. He told me he has been on...

  28 okt 2025 2004 sec.

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

  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 show. Today though, there is something very different happening on the border. Chris...

  21 okt 2025 2527 sec.

• New season trailer! Welcome back to THE WILD

  Welcome back to a brand new season of THE WILD! Travel with Chris as he uncovers unexpected stories from nature. Like jaguars - America’s biggest cat - trying to navigate the giant steel wall on the Mexican border; tiny hummingbirds...

  7 okt 2025 113 sec.

• Happy Earth Day 2025!

  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 unable or unwilling to take action on climate change. And we continue our rapid loss...

  22 apr 2025 770 sec.

• Tom Mangelsen: Grizzy 399 and confessions of a wildlife photographer

  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 399 in and around Teton National Park in Wyoming. I’ve spent thousands of hours...

  4 feb 2025 2434 sec.

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

  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 critical source for food which they are constantly in search of in order to get the needed...

  28 jan 2025 2728 sec.

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

  Behind most wildlife documentaries is someone who has spent countless hours, often in challenging conditions, waiting for that perfect shot. Chris talks to filmmakers Jeff Wilson and Mark Smith about their experience filming Adelie...

  21 jan 2025 1816 sec.