The Cascades Carnivore Project has been stalking one of the least known and most rare mammals in North America -- with remote cameras. (Phot0 Cascades Carnivore Project) Check out their site for some other amazing pictures.The Seattle Times reports:
"Photographed by a remote camera at 6,100 feet on the northwest slope of the mountain, [Mount Adams] the location of the animal that far south in Washington state was a surprise to wildlife biologists. The very few wolverines known to exist in Washington — only about 20 — have been sighted almost exclusively in the North Cascades.
Gulo gulo, dubbed "skunk bear" for its striped and pungent coat, was thought to be extinct that far south. It took 15 months of rugged field work just to get a picture of the animal." See full article.
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