Earth Matters: Climate change challenges from every corner of the globe 02:36. More than 200 reindeer carcasses have been found in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard this year, and researchers ...

However, for Svalbard’s reindeer, the future looks bright—and the archipelago a promising recruitment ground should Santa need further helpers. Given their diminutive size, though, he may need ...

Named after the group of Norwegian islands they’ve lived on for 5,000 years, these 20,000–plus reindeer are now eating seaweed to survive the increasingly warm winters.

Beyond their sled-pulling capabilities and discrimination against those with red noses, what do you really know about ...

Svalbard reindeer (R. t. platyrhynchus), the wild reindeer subspecies endemic to the high‐Arctic Svalbard archipelago, was protected in 1925, after most subpopulations had been eradicated by ...

As reindeer go, the animals living on the Norwegian arctic archipelago of Svalbard might not be Santa's first choice. They're a smaller subspecies of their common mainland relatives, and to save ...

In a stark showing of how cruel nature can be, 200 Svalbard reindeer died of starvation last year in the Arctic archipelago of the same name. The Norwegian Polar Institute, which has been hard at ...

LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY - JULY 29: A Svalbard reindeer reclines while grazing during a summer heat wave on Svalbard archipelago on July 29, 2020 near Longyearbyen, Norway.

More rain is not good for reindeer. The average weight of Svalbard reindeer has dropped 12 percent, from 121 pounds to 105 pounds, over a 16-year span, according to researchers. Warmer temperatures… ...

STOCKHOLM – Reindeer living on the Arctic island of Svalbard are getting smaller — and scientists say climate change may be the cause. Scientists from Britain and Norway have found that adult ...

As the planet warms due to climate change, the Arctic winters are seeing longer open water spells and less sea ice. It also now rains more often than snow during this period, something that is dire… ...