Illegal hunting for meat, fur, and newly grown antlers—along with the warming climate—are depleting wild reindeer on Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula. Herders gather semi-domesticated reindeer in a ...

Many reindeer are domesticated, providing milk, meat, and transportation services. They are also important sources of income in many rural communities. Continue reading to discover the facts and ...

In North America, they are called caribou if they are wild and reindeer if they are domesticated. In Europe, they are called reindeer. Reindeer are 28 to 53 inches tall at shoulder height.

Reindeer sometimes go by caribou, primarily in North America, with some people only referring to domesticated caribou as ...

Let’s get started! In North America, the term reindeer typically refers to domesticated varieties of the animal. However, it can also refer to wild reindeer of Eurasia. The term caribou is ...

There are an estimated 5 million reindeer in Eurasia, mainly semi-domesticated. The last remaining European herds of the genetic wild reindeer are found in central Norway. In the wild, most ...

For generations, reindeer have been tended by humans in northern Europe and Eurasia. It is estimated that they were domesticated about 2,00 to 5,000 years ago. The domesticated reindeer can look ...

Introducing the Svalbard Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus), which are around 1.5-1.6 meters (4.9-5.2 feet) long. These cuties are wild, non-domesticated reindeer endemic to the Norwegian ...

Grazing reindeer may help fight some of the effects of climate change in the Arctic (Credit: Erika Benke) Reindeer in Lapland have a number of important jobs this time of year – including ...

In reality, reindeer, also called caribou, were domesticated by humans several times over our history, and have served a greater purpose. Human populations living in some of the coldest parts of ...