FILE PHOTO: A wolverine walks across the snow in this

FILE PHOTO: A wolverine walks across the snow in a 2009 photo courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 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 policy citing threats to the animal’s snowy habitat from climate change. Steve Kroschel/USFWS via REUTERS