Svalbard is like their own little paradise. Svalbard reindeer have been living on this archipelago for 5,000 years. Over that time, they have been very isolated from other populations of reindeer ...

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 ...

Svalbard reindeer are the most petite subspecies. | Scott Portelli/Moment/Getty Images. Clement C. Moore’s poem, “A Visit from Saint Nicholas,” introduced the world to Santa’s reindeer and ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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… ...

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.

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… ...