What many people do not know is that they have a cousin that is significantly smaller. The Svalbard Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) lives in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago ...

While they won’t be pulling Santa’s sleigh anytime soon, Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) objectively could win a North Pole cuteness contest.This subspecies of reindeer is ...

Carrying a rifle and keeping an alcohol-ration card are a few things that surprised me about living in Longyearbyen, the ...

This behaviour has opened new horizons for these bears, as they have proven incredibly efficient in hunting the small, Svalbard reindeer. For a behaviour that was thought by many to be isolated ...

On the open tundra of Svalbard's plateaus and valleys, reindeer forage and arctic fox hunt free from predators. To the human eye, the terrain is stark, austere, unforgiving. More than half the ...

Norway's diverse wildlife includes the Svalbard reindeer, Norwegian red deer, sea slug species like Aplysia punctata and Akera bullata, Arctic fox, Atlantic puffin, and walrus. These animals have ...

Researchers say climate change isn’t threatening reindeer on the Norwegian high arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Instead the populations in the region are thriving because of rising temperatures ...

Conservation efforts have helped some subspecies like the wild Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) population rebound after being on the brink of extinction. In “The Twelve Days ...

Reindeer vary in size but all types are surprisingly small. The largest subspecies of reindeer – the woodland caribou – is about 1.2m at the shoulder, whereas the thickset body and dumpy legs ...

Head-to-Head: Two Svalbard reindeer vie for control of a harem in Norway’s Arctic in this image from Stefano Unterthiner, which won in the Behavior: Mammals category. Stefano Unterthiner Face ...