Washington Post climate coverage on Instagram: "It’s furry, it’s fierce — and it’s served as inspiration for sports mascots in Michigan and beyond. But now in much of the United States, the wolverine is at risk of disappearing as the climate warms, prompting federal wildlife officials to protect the animal under the Endangered Species Act. Wolverines often live high in the mountains, away from people. But as temperatures go up because of human-caused climate change, wolverines will lose much of that secluded, snowy habitat, with nearly a quarter of it gone over the next 30 years and nearly two-thirds of it over the next 75 years. Among other pressures on wolverines are skiers and snowmobilers encroaching into their alpine territory as well as an overall lack of genetic diversity. Read