Reindeer, an iconic mammal of the Winter season and well-known for pulling Santa’s sleigh for Christmas, are reportedly in trouble due to climate change. Image Credit: JellisV/iStock The British ...
A Porcupine caribou herd is seen at Ivvavik National Park in Canada's northern Yukon territory in this 2002 file photo. The caribou population in Canada's eastern provinces has shrunk significantly.
Reindeer could be shrinking because of warmer temperatures in the Arctic. A increase in temperature in Norway, the home of Svalbard reindeer, causes rain to fall on existing snow cover and freeze ...
Reindeer are shrinking on an Arctic island near the North Pole in a side-effect of climate change that has curbed winter food for animals often depicted as pulling Father Christmas’ sleigh, scientists ...
Arctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Feb., 1983), pp. 107-118 (12 pages) Among three populations of wild reindeer in alpine areas of varying climatic characteristics in southern Norway, growth ...
A density-dependent decrement in size for wild reindeer from 12 different Norwegian herds at 16 different densities was shown using lower jawbone-length as the criterion of size. This criterion was ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. While Rudolph might be the most famous reindeer, there remains no documented ...