It’s a common belief in the world of deer that males have antlers and females don’t, but reindeer serve as the exception. Both male and female reindeer grow antlers. This is a trait that no other ...

Finland has made several efforts to reduce the number of reindeer-related traffic accidents over the years, including spray-painting the creatures' antlers with fluorescent and reflective paint.

Every year on Christmas Eve, nine reindeer pull Santa’s sleigh through the sky so he can deliver presents to children throughout the world. Their names are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid ...

Illegal hunting for meat, fur, and newly grown antlers—along with the warming climate—are depleting wild reindeer on Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula. Herders gather semi-domesticated reindeer in a corral ...

About four decades ago, reindeer in the high alpine Nordfjella region of Norway began to engage in a bizarre, new behavior: They would eat each other's antlers. Termed osteophagia, the act actually ...