Wolverine gives birth to 3 kits at Alaska zoo. See the ‘little beans’ snuggle
A zoo in Alaska has three new residents: a trio of female wolverine kits.
Olga, a wolverine living at The Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, gave birth to the furry little ones around Feb. 8, and the zoo announced their arrival March 31 via social media with a video of them snuggling.
The kits’ dad is a wolverine named Jumbo, the zoo said.
“Our animal team has been observing them from afar as Olga is an amazing and attentive mother,” the zoo said in the post, adding that Olga “is taking care of all of their needs.”
The kits, who make up Olga’s third litter, “will be starting to emerge from their den areas in the coming days,” zoo officials said, noting that “they have several (den areas) which Olga moves them between.”
Wolverines are in the weasel family, according to the zoo’s website. Females usually weigh between 13 and 26 pounds, and males are bigger at up to 40 pounds, the zoo website said.
They’re known as “opportunistic and adapted for scavenging,” the zoo website said, and while “they often eat voles, hares and birds” they also kill bigger animals “in some rare cases” like moose, caribou and sheep.
On Facebook, the new Alaska kits were getting love.
They’re “the cutest little beans,” one commenter wrote.
Another wrote that “they are so incredible!!” and another wrote, “aren’t they precious?”
On Instagram, a commenter made a reference to the X-Men universe.
“Those little guys will grow up to look like Hugh Jackman,” the commenter wrote.
This story was originally published April 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM with the headline "Wolverine gives birth to 3 kits at Alaska zoo. See the ‘little beans’ snuggle."
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