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 ...

These hardy deer do much more than pull Santa’s sleigh. Discover the details of reindeer vision and migration and their storied history with Arctic indigenous people. Santa’s team of reindeer helpers ...

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Every year on Christmas Eve, nine reindeer pull Santa’s sleigh through the sky so he can deliver presents to children throughout the world. Their names are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid ...

At this time of year, images of reindeer are everywhere. I've had a soft spot for reindeer ever since I was a little girl. Doesn't everyone? While I work on Australian mammals, especially marsupials ...

My children are far more knowledgeable about the habits of reindeer than I was at their age, thanks to the popularity of the animated fairy tale Frozen franchise, which not only featured a reindeer as ...

As the holidays approach, many people get curious about reindeer. Have you ever wondered how fast they can run? Well, they may not be able to pull a sleigh around the world in a single night, but they ...

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 ...