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Rare Wolverine Found in Michigan, the 'Wolverine State' NPR's Melissa Block talks with Ray Rustem of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources about the wolverine that was discovered in Michigan on Tuesday. Despite having a university football team named after the animal -- and at one point, acquiring the nickname during a 19th-century feud with Ohio -- there has actually never been evidence of wolverines in Michigan, until now.

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Rare Wolverine Found in Michigan, the 'Wolverine State'

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NPR's Melissa Block talks with Ray Rustem of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources about the wolverine that was discovered in Michigan on Tuesday. Despite having a university football team named after the animal — and at one point, acquiring the nickname during a 19th-century feud with Ohio — there has actually never been evidence of wolverines in Michigan, until now.