Wolverines (Gulo gulo), the mustelid carnivores of the world’s boreal forests, are making a comeback in southern Finland after having been wiped out from there due to hunting, a new study has found. Researchers at Aalto University in Finland combined snow track counts of wolverines with national forest inventory data based on satellite images and field measurements. …. The wolverine was classified as endangered in Finland already in the 1980s. The species is known to have inhabited southern Finland till the 19th century after which, hunting caused its local extirpation. “The species is returning to its historical range in southern Finland,” a statement quoted Pinja-Emilia Lämsä, a doctoral researcher at Aalto University. The study added that the wolverine’s survival remains threatened by its small population size, low genetic viability, and fragmented distribution.