On this side of the Atlantic, people mostly associate reindeer with Christmas and Santa’s sleigh. However, people who live in ...

They’re big, they’re tough, and they’ve been a popular holiday feature for a couple of centuries now. This week, we’re separating Christmas myth from year-round reality, all about reindeer. *We’ll ...

Reindeer may not have noses that glow red in the night, but they do have a marvelous body part that changes color in winter darkness. In 2013, scientists discovered that reindeer eyes change hues with ...

Some reindeer really do have red noses, a result of densely packed blood vessels near the skin’s surface Joseph Stromberg Some reindeer really do have red noses, a result of densely packed blood ...

Arctic reindeer numbers could decline by 80% within 75 years due to global warming, say scientists. Santa may be looking for a new species to pull his sleigh as climate change is likely to cause ...

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 ...

In the last century the childlike Eskimos of Alaska, fascinated by the white man’s guns, began shooting walrus and caribou with more enthusiasm than discretion. That, plus annual fluctuations in the ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Santa comes tonight, and millions of kids will be leaving the big man cookies and milk to help fuel him on his transglobal journey. But what about the reindeer? The true ...

If this underwater wall could talk, it might reveal that it once helped Stone Age Europeans hunt reindeer. Submerged about 20 meters below the surface of the Baltic Sea off the coast of Germany, the ...

The 'rules of use' create challenges for Sámi reindeer herders and their livelihoods, especially in the face of climate change and development. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...