Reindeer occur in several subspecies around the Arctic on the American and Eurasian continents. In America, the animals, which belong to the deer family, are referred to as caribou. Reindeer usually ...
A warmer Arctic has less food and more insects, making it a much worse environment for caribou The population of wild reindeer, or caribou, in the Arctic has crashed by more than half in the last ...
Their wide feet act as paddles when they swim. Both caribou and reindeer have the same scientific name, Rangifer tarandus, and are of the same species. The key thing that differentiates reindeer ...
Reindeer are a species of deer also known as caribou in certain regions. They are found in the Arctic tundra and boreal forests. Finland is home to a small population of woodland reindeer.
Both caribou and reindeer have the same scientific name ... It was totally normal to see reindeer pulling sleds in Arctic Europe, so it wasn't a stretch that they would also pull a sleigh!
Swells of Siberian tundra roll north toward the Arctic Ocean; a reindeer herd grazes on a distant crest. It’s mid-July, and the group of Nenets herders that Yuri leads are about halfway through ...