In 1944, the U.S. Coast Guard released 29 reindeer onto a remote Bering Sea island and walked away. What researchers ...

The Arctic winter is not simply dark; for weeks on end the sun never clears the horizon, bathing the snow in a dim, bluish ...

Reindeer have to dig for food in dark, snowy climate during winter. Their vision is adapted to make that task less challenging. So there are a lot of myths about reindeer, and at least one or more of ...

Traditional Sami reindeer herders are bearing the cost of Sweden’s efforts to revive wolverine numbers, after the predators ...

Christmas is this week, and many Georgia children can't wait for that visit from Santa and his reindeer. But these magnificent creatures aren't exclusive to the North Pole. Despite their mystical ...

Reindeer get a lot more attention around Christmastime than at any other time of the year. After all, as the story goes, these cute animals are the ones responsible for pulling Santa's sleigh across ...

Scientists measured reindeer brainwaves as they chewed their cud, and found that the animals are in deep sleep while they ruminate. Of course, it's almost Christmas Eve, the night when Santa and ...

As images of reindeer prance across our television screens and adorn our greeting cards this holiday season, real-life reindeer populations are on the decline around the world, largely due to human ...