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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

Those “eight tiny reindeer” pulling Santa’s sleigh in the classic poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas” must be Svalbard reindeer—they’re the world’s smallest, averaging just three feet ...

Introducing the Svalbard Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus), which are around 1.5-1.6 meters (4.9-5.2 feet) long. What does the Svalbard Reindeer look like?

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 ...

The Svalbard reindeer has been isolated for at least 7000 years and has a very high degree of inbreeding. In addition, they were nearly extinct in the early 1900s due to excessive hunting,” says ...

Svalbard reindeer is a separate subspecies of reindeer. It is smaller than most other subspecies, and only occurs on Svalbard. “Reindeer can be found in most of the areas that are not covered by ...

In Adventdalen, a Svalbard reindeer patrols the group of females he’s gathered for mating. From a cliff above the Bjørndalen valley, Unterthiner spotted movement on the drift ice below.