TRUCKEE, Calif. — Scientists following up on a rare wolverine sighting in the Sierra Nevada set up cameras and captured video of the animal scurrying in the snow, scaling a tree and chewing on bait.

The only other confirmed sighting of a wolverine in the golden state in the last 100 years was when researchers tracked one from 2008, after it was spotted near Lake Tahoe and had made the journey ...

Since then, the animal that scientists have nicknamed "Buddy" has been detected more than 20 times over nearly 300 square miles, but it had not been sighted since November 2014, Stermer said.

A rare and native wolverine has been spotted in Northern California for just the second time since they were believed to have gone extinct more than 100 years ago.. A photo of the animal was taken ...

A verified wolverine sighting was documented inside the park in March 2022, also in the snow, by the tour group Yellowstone Insight. (Click here to view images from that encounter.)In January 2021 ...

Gaddy was shocked to see the wolverine after he saw the movement of a small animal 50 to 70 feet away from him. 'I kind of had this moment when I stood there, jaw on the ground. And then I ...

Many animals, like deer and elk, descend from the mountains in winter. Bears store up winter fat and then hibernate. Wolverines and their smaller mustelid cousins, the martens, stick around.

Animals at the Detroit Zoo have been enjoying the snow and cold weather this week, according to zoo officials. Royal Oak, where the zoo is located, got about eight inches of snow on Jan. 25, 2023.

Its lid is rigged to slam shut if an animal tugs on the bait inside. ... Aubry confirmed that the key to wolverine territory was snow—more precisely, snow cover that lasted into May.

With a delicate sense of smell, they scavenge animal carcasses and small mammals in the most remote, deep, rugged glacial terrain. “They’re the spirit animal of the backcountry,” says Williams.

A verified wolverine sighting was documented inside the park in March 2022, also in the snow, by the tour group Yellowstone ...