But I have to admit, there is something a bit magical about watching these creatures migrating, even if modern reindeer herders use snow machines instead of more traditional sledges. In this video ...

A reindeer loved by many in his Alaskan community has died after surveillance video captured an unknown person dousing the animal’s quarters in a mysterious liquid.

“Reindeer are super-selective eaters,” which ... And warmer winters can increase rain-on-snow events, which lock away the animals’ food supply under an impenetrable layer of ice.

It drags on the snow as they rush toward three goat-size animals sprinting out in front of them. These shaggy gray and white creatures are known as Svalbard reindeer, after this island group ...

The far north of Scandinavia is synonymous with Christmas – and minus 30 degree temperatures. Which makes visiting at a ...

Reindeer’s hooves also make excellent paddles for swimming and, when the snow comes, their hooves harden and the edges sharpen up making them perfect shovels to shift the snow and get to the ...

Lying on his front, his arm jammed into the snow for stability, Markus photographed the camouflaged rock ptarmigan as it peeked out of a reindeer hoofprint. Every winter Markus searches for these ...

Unfortunately, the reindeer population is declining due to climate change. As temperatures rise, snow melts earlier and freezes later. This changes the availability of food and shelter for ...

The reindeer, used to digging through snow to find lichen, their main winter food, couldn’t dig through the ice. In this herd and others, tens of thousands starved. Now, in the summer of 2016 ...

Dr Catherine Hobaiter, who helped lead the research, explained: "To our eyes, just like for most mammals, pale lichen in white snow is incredibly hard to spot. "But to reindeer eyes, the species ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A famous reindeer in Alaska has died as authorities investigate security footage of someone spraying an unknown substance in his pen. Star was euthanized on ...