JACKSON, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park (YNP) recently released footage captured by a remote trail camera of a wolverine meandering around the Mammoth Hot Springs Area.
“Last month, park biologists were excited to find one of Yellowstone’s rarest mammals triggered a remote trail camera outside the Mammoth Hot Springs area!” the park said on social media.
According to the park service, wolverines (Gulo gulo), are mid-sized carnivores in the weasel family that typically occupy high-elevation alpine and forest habitats, exist in low densities in the park, and are rarely detected. Park biologists have used remote cameras to monitor the cougar population since 2014, but this technology has since become increasingly valuable for detecting and monitoring a variety of species and aspects of Yellowstone’s ecology.
This is the first video footage of a wolverine since remote cameras have been deployed in the park.
