Melting Ice Patches in Mongolia Threaten Reindeer, Archaeological Treasures. Ice in northern Mongolia that has never melted in living memory has begun to thaw over the last several years and local ...

Patches of long-frozen snowpack and ice in the Mongolian steppes are rapidly vanishing — with dire consequences for the reindeer and herders who rely on the icy spots. About 30 families, members ...

Meanwhile, images taken with light filters adjusted to mimic reindeer sight showed that the animals probably see lichen beds as dark patches against the highly reflective snow.

In The Mountains Of Scandinavia, 1,500-Year-Old Tools Used By Reindeer Hunters Were Found In A Patch Of Melted Ice. ... ice patches are small and easily affected by changes in weather and climate.

Reindeer have to dig for food in dark, ... "If you're a reindeer and you can scan the distance and you can see way over there there's a patch of edible lichens, ...

Reindeer were important to the Vikings for their meat, hides, ... This is particularly true in Norway, where ice patches — regions of long-frozen snow — are rapidly disappearing, ...

Reindeer can eat and sleep at the same time, a new study suggests. This timesaving strategy, ... (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) to tolerate a pen and electrodes on shaved patches of skin.

Reindeer were locally hunted to extinction, but began to be reintroduced from Scandinavia in 1952. The Cairngorms are home to more than 1,500 species of lichen, but the reindeer here only rely on ...

Ask the reindeer Reindeer have to dig for food in dark, ... DOMINY: If you're a reindeer and you could scan the distance and you can see way over there, there's a patch of edible lichens, ...