They were listed as "Least Concern" for extinction

There is no threat to wolverines. The creature has an extremely low population density and needs a very big home area. Although their numbers are declining, particularly in Europe, where it is regarded as "Vulnerable", they are listed as having "Least Concern" for extinction on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. There are thought to be between 15,000 and 30,000 people living there.

Climate change poses the biggest threat to wolverines. Warmer temperatures may result in less snow, which wolverines rely on for food and breeding, as was previously indicated. In February, female wolverines dig a den in the snow, which they stay in until mid-May when the young are weaned. So, only regions with late-spring snowmelts are home to wolverines on an ongoing basis. This fact has raised worries that global warming will cause wolverine populations' ranges to decrease.

Wolverines' need for huge territory puts them in conflict with human development, and hunting and trapping further drive down their population, driving them out of most of their former habitat; efforts to have them listed as an endangered species haven't had much luck.