The majestic Western Arctic Caribou Herd in Alaska travels a distance equivalent to New York City to Seattle each year. But ...

Caribou are found in North America and are native to Alaska. They are wild animals that travel in herds throughout Alaska and Canada. To find enough food, they have to keep moving. Large herds will ...

Reindeer comes from the Old Norse word hreindyri, which combines hreinn (the Old Norse name for the animal) and dyr ("deer").

‘Tis the season of the reindeer. After all, it’s hard to not notice them at this time of year. They make appearances in holiday movies, or on holiday greeting cards, and sometimes they are seen in ...

Has the mystery behind Santa's reindeer finally been solved? A University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher may have cracked the case, according to a press release from the journal Physiological and ...

Which animal is inextricably linked with Santa and Christmas in the minds of young and old? Reindeer, of course. In 1949, singing cowboy Gene Autry probably didn’t believe that Rudolph the red-nosed ...

Reindeer are such icons of Christmas that today they pull sleighs through shopping malls. But these beautiful animals were one of the earliest animals to be domesticated, and the relationship between ...

Q: My kids are big fans, and they have a question this Christmas season. Can all reindeer fly? A: Only Santa's reindeer can fly. However, even ordinary reindeer have characteristics that make them ...

With their beloved place in holiday lore and popular culture, reindeer are some of the most recognizable animals on the planet. Yet despite their fame, there is little research about these ...