Experts believe the two sighting clusters this century traced two separate animals because they typically live for only a dozen years or so. The last confirmed sightings in California were in the 1920s, the Department of Fish and Wildlife said.
June 6, 2023, 2:15 AM UTCSpring sightings of a mystery critter in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains have been confirmed by California wildlife officials as most likely a single, rare wolverine.
The sightings last month include two in the Inyo National Forest and one in Yosemite National Park, the department said in a statement. Images and video submitted to state wildlife officials were analyzed for telltale attributes such as size, proportion and movement and then confirmed, the agency said.
The next year the park service said a second litter of wolverine young was born in Mount Rainier National Park. In California, they're listed as a threatened species under the state's Endangered Species Act, affording them legal protection from being taken, exported or sold.
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