Rudolph’s red nose may have gone down in history, but research says it was probably his shining blue eyes — a common trait among reindeer — that helped keep him and the rest of Santa’s ...

reindeer do glow– not their noses but rather their eyes. Many animals, especially ones out and about at night, have eyes that glow when light shines on them. This is due to a shiny mirrored ...

The prized specimen was a reindeer eye, an organ that has captivated Jeffery for decades because of the beguiling metamorphosis it undergoes each year in the animals’ Arctic home. The reindeer ...

"But ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is a great way to repair UV damage and reindeer eyes have lots of it," Dominy explained. "So, to protect the health of Rudolph's eyes, kids might want to think about ...

Reindeer eyes do something not seen in any other animal. They change color with the season. Go and look at a reindeer in summer and you will see a pair of golden brown eyes staring back at you.

In the summer, reindeer’s tapetum lucidum—a mirror-like layer at the back of their eye—is a luminous gold streaked through with turquoise, iridescent like a golden opal. But in the winter ...

Instead, researchers from Dartmouth and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland report that the eyes of Rudolph and his reindeer brethren may have evolved so that they can spot their favorite ...

Finding food in a cold, barren landscape is challenging, but researchers from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland report that reindeer eyes may have ...

Finding food in a cold, barren landscape is challenging, but researchers from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland report that reindeer eyes may have ...