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California’s wolves were killed off by humans about a century ago, and they only began to recolonize the state about 14 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2025

In the several decades since sea otters began to recolonize their former habitat in Elkhorn Slough, a salt marsh-dominated coastal estuary in central California, remarkable changes have occurred in the landscape.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

“I worry that Rapana could be the big winner” as creatures vie to recolonize marine habitats damaged by the freshwater surge, says IMB marine biologist Mikhail Son.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 3, 2024

The scientists added that some of those losses could be offset if wolverines are able to recolonize areas such as California’s Sierra Nevada and Colorado’s Rocky Mountains.

From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2023

The recent apparent increases in numbers at the northern and southern coastal approaches in New England and Florida, respectively, lend credibility to the hopeful contention that the species will again recolonize its historical range.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David