From a distance, you probably wouldn't be able to tell a reindeer or a caribou apart. However, reindeer tend to have shorter ...

In preparation for Christmas, we put together your comprehensive reindeer guide on their favorite foods, what to know about ...

Caribou are found in North America and are native to Alaska. They are wild animals that travel in herds throughout Alaska and Canada. To find enough food, they have to keep moving. Large herds will ...

‘Tis the season of the reindeer. After all, it’s hard to not notice them at this time of year. They make appearances in holiday movies, or on holiday greeting cards, and sometimes they are seen in ...

For decades, caribou have posed a threat to reindeer herders on the Seward Peninsula — their numbers swelling, even as the reindeer population shrinks. Now, a new front has developed in the turf war ...

Which animal is inextricably linked with Santa and Christmas in the minds of young and old? Reindeer, of course. In 1949, singing cowboy Gene Autry probably didn’t believe that Rudolph the red-nosed ...

How long do reindeer live? In the wild, reindeer typically live up to 15 years of age. However, domesticated reindeer that ...

Santa may have his team of loyal reindeer at the ready to jettison him around the globe on Christmas Eve, but land-bound humans in Alaska tend to more than just one herd of the antlered beasts, and ...

While reindeer aren't native to this area, since they were flying overhead during the recent Christmas holiday, I got to wondering why they don't live around here. With all this snow and ice, it seems ...

In the Bavarian-style town of Leavenworth, Washington, a small reindeer farm combines holiday charm with education and conservation.