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The wolverine's questionable reputation as an insatiable glutton (reflected in the Latin genus name Gulo, meaning "glutton") may be in part due to a false etymology.The less common name for the animal in Norwegian, fjellfross, meaning "mountain cat", is thought to have worked its way into German as Vielfraß, [5] which means "glutton" (literally "devours much").
2010-03-08. Predatory. Chignik, Alaska, US, 75 miles southwest of Kodiak. Berner, a teacher and avid jogger, was discovered dead along a road by snowmobilers, who found wolf tracks in the adjacent snow. The Alaska State Medical Examiner ruled that her death was caused by "multiple injuries due to animal mauling."
The wolf was believed to be the same animal which had killed children in June. [580] June 1847 Four children†, aged 4–9: Predatory: In four attacks over a few days, a wolf killed four children, carrying a 9-year-old girl away. [580] 1839–1850 One adult and 20 children: Kimito, modern Russian Karelia [further explanation needed] [583] 1836 ...
The animal was seen several times in the following days in areas south of the city. The mountain pass where the wolverine was seen on video is roughly 136 miles southeast of Portland.
(Reuters) -The North American wolverine, a fierce mountain predator closely related to badgers and skunks, gained U.S. protection as a threatened species on Wednesday under a Biden administration ...
A series of confirmed sightings in recent weeks mark the first time the animal has been documented in the state outside its northeastern corner since 1969. A rare wolverine sighting was captured ...
Wolverine (character) Wolverine on the cover of Wolverine & the X-Men #1 (October 2011). Art by Frank Cho. Wolverine (birth name: James Howlett; [ 1] alias: Logan and Weapon X) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, often in association with the X-Men. He is a mutant with animal-keen senses, enhanced ...
"Almost all verified wolverine dens are under three to twenty-five feet of snow and their snow tunnels may last until mid-May," it said in a white paper on wolverines and climate change in 2012.