Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arctic reindeer have the impressive ability to change their eye color. In the summer months, their eyes are a deep brown, but in ...

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 ...

Reindeer are a species of deer also known as caribou in certain regions. They are found in the Arctic tundra and boreal forests. Finland is home to a small population of woodland reindeer. Following a ...

Arctic reindeer numbers could decline by 80% within 75 years due to global warming, warns new research. Future climatic change is likely to cause declines in reindeer populations and their ...

A map highlighting the challenges faced by Arctic reindeer herders due to climate change has won three awards at the Esri User Conference. The map, titled "Navigating the new Arctic: The uncertain ...

In Finland’s Arctic, unpredictable weather events pose a threat to reindeer herding, a traditional livelihood for the Indigenous Sámi people. Due to climate impacts, the global reindeer population ...

Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries. Ashild Onvik Pedersen, a scientist who is armed with a rifle in ...

In August, a lightning blast claimed the lives of more than 300 reindeer in Norway. The month before, an anthrax epidemic - which Russian officials blamed on microbes that thawed after spending ...