To document this incredible behaviour for the BBC Mammals series ... One of the polar bears we knew to predate on reindeer was an incredible young cub with a unique story and known locally ...
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 such as wombats, I still find reindeer fascinating.
Here are five reasons why. Reindeer live in the Arctic, where temperatures on long winter nights often plummet below -30 degrees Celsius. Unlike most mammals, which only have one layer of fur ...
Discover the biggest mammals in the animal kingdom. Look up and see our blue whale model, seemingly swimming with the other cetacean skeletons and replicas suspended from the ceiling. On the ground ...
It is the reason some mammals, including cats, have eyes that seem to glow when light is shined on them. In many animals this reflective layer shines gold, permanently. While reindeer eyes are also ...
Mammals' is a challenging series to watch but ... As a result the team were able to capture a polar bear hunting reindeer inland - a behaviour they think it has developed as melting sea-ice ...
In the following decades, the reindeer population exploded ... Today only two species of mammals live on St. Matthew Island — arctic foxes and insular voles. These creatures are well adapted ...