reindeer, Tag

As I walked through the boreal forest just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska, I reached out and touched the marvelously thick fur of a passing reindeer. At 15,000 hairs per inch, they were better suited for the February day than...

Reindeer herders of the Sámi Indigenous community have moved to a court of appeals in Norway to challenge a proposed wind power project. The Øyfjellet wind farm is one of the largest onshore wind projects in Norway and...

A new Arctic Report Card from the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has revealed that the wild reindeer and caribou populations have plummeted by more than half over the last two decades. According...

Nearly 35,000 wild reindeer make their home in the southern mountains of Norway - "the last remaining viable populations in Europe," according to Reuters...

A new study finds that reindeer populations are on the decline, due in part to climate change. This makes bad news not only for Santa, but for all of us, as the grazing habits of reindeer actually help keep earth’s climate...

Santa may need to look for an alternate form of transportation soon. Reindeer populations around the world have diminished greatly over the past few decades, and researchers in China are concerned about how long the species...

In a twisted take on Rudolph’s glowing nose, scientists have found that levels of radioactivity amongst Norway’s reindeer are higher this year than they have been for a long time...

The Finnish government has embarked on a pilot project that involves spraying a special glow-in-the-dark liquid on reindeer in an attempt to prevent traffic accidents...

Image credit: Anne Ollila/AFP/Getty Images The Finnish government has embarked on a pilot project that involves spraying a special glow-in-the-dark liquid on reindeer in an attempt to prevent traffic accidents...

Photo via Shutterstock With the world's population projected to hit 9.6 billion by 2050, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization has released a report that recommends the development of "non-traditional" dairy...

Another one for the Climate FAIL file… USA Today/Associated Press, in 2009: “They believe the insidious impact of climate change, its tipping of natural balances and disruption of feeding habits, is decimating...

The FAA has officially approved and certified Santa Claus’s new next generation, über efficient sleigh for his Christmas Eve flight. Technology advances have allowed Santa’s sleigh to be outfitted with new satellite-based...