3. Wolverines are known for scavenging dead animals like caribou or moose but are also very capable of killing their own meal, including ground squirrels and snowshoe hares

5. Wolverines prefer scattered trees at high elevations. Historically they occurred from Maine to Washington down to the Rocky Mountains and Sierra/Cascade Mountains.

6. Fewer than 500 wolverines remain in the lower 48 states, according to the latest estimate by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, possibly far fewer. Only 32 wolverines in the U.S. appear to be successfully breeding and getting their genes into the gene pool according to analyses by the U.S. Forest Service

7. Wolverines have been documented traveling great distances, often going right over mountains instead of taking the easy way around. One male wolverine near Yellowstone traveled more than 500 miles in 42 days

8. The females dig dens eight feet or deeper into the snow in the middle of winter, often in remote alpine cirques at or above treeline