S13. E1: Jeffrey Reed: Cry Wolf: Decoding the Language of the Wild
“I sit in the camp that is going to defend wildlife, and I will live and die in that space. Even though what I see is in the West is wolves have a bad reputation. It’s still there…”
What if we could understand wolves? How they communicate, what they might be saying? Jeffrey Reed, is a computational linguist, naturalist, and technologist who’s doing just that—using artificial intelligence to decode the wild.
Jeff is the founder of the Cry Wolf Project, a groundbreaking bio acoustic study capturing hundreds of thousands of hours of wolf vocalization across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
From howls and chorus howls to teeth clacking and whines, Jeff's work is uncovering the complex ways wolves and many other animals communicate with one another. His company, Grizzly Systems, is creating cutting edge tools to help people and wildlife share the land more peacefully and intelligently.
This conversation is about wolves, language, the future of wild soundscapes, and how technology might help us become better neighbors to the beings that we've long misunderstood.
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In gratitude,
Elizabeth Novogratz
Learn more about The Cry Wolf Project
How individuals can donate to Yellowstone National Park's Wolf Project
Learn more about Grizzly System's conservation technology
Check out Jeff's forthcoming (2026) book on wolf communication
Watch Jeff's TED Talk
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