The reindeer is called caribou in North America but retains the name reindeer across Europe and Asia. However, when caribou are domesticated in North America, they are referred to as reindeer. What a ...

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 ...

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 ...

You know Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, Donner and Blitzen, but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? Over the last several weeks tales of Rudolph, Clarice, Sven, and ...

‘Tis the season for reindeer to occupy people’s minds — and decorate their sweaters. But these charismatic cervines are more than holiday icons; they are culturally important yet bizarre arctic ...

Reindeer and caribou are considered to be the same genus and species — Rangifer tarandus; they are part of the deer family called Cervidae, which includes deer, elk, moose and wapiti. Like others in ...

You surely recall the most famous reindeer of all, and the rest of Santa's reindeer, too. But other than their sled-pulling capabilities and discrimination towards those with red noses, what do you ...

The first thing you need to know about reindeer is that, like a spy or a pro wrestler, they go by different names depending on where they are. If you’re reading this in the Russian taiga or in the ...

What 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 ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." North Americans have ...