From a distance, you probably wouldn't be able to tell a reindeer or a caribou apart. However, reindeer tend to have shorter ...

‘Tis the season for reindeer to occupy people’s minds — and decorate their sweaters. But these charismatic cervines are more than holiday icons; they are culturally important yet bizarre arctic ...

Reindeer and caribou are the same species (Rangifer tarandus). In North America, they are called caribou if they are wild and reindeer if they are domesticated. In Europe, they are called reindeer.

I am standing halfway up a Scottish mountain and a reindeer called Magnus has just eaten my Dictaphone. To be fair to the deer, it probably wasn’t intentional (I had a pile of tasty oats in one hand; ...

Santa has nothing to do with this reindeer. There's a new Netflix series atop the streamer's most-watched chart that you might have heard about from disturbed friends and family. In the two weeks ...

The Sámi people are indigenous to Sápmi, a cultural region of Europe and Russia that covers the northern parts of Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Russia. For centuries, the Sámi people relied on reindeer ...

Reindeer vary in size but all types are surprisingly small. The largest subspecies of reindeer – the woodland caribou – is about 1.2m at the shoulder, whereas the thickset body and dumpy legs of the ...

Polar bears aren't the only beloved Arctic animal threatened by climate change. Scientists believe reindeer are at risk as a warming world makes their main winter food source disappear. But reindeer ...