Christmas is this week, and many Georgia children can't wait for that visit from Santa and his reindeer. But these magnificent creatures aren't exclusive to the North Pole. Despite their mystical ...

As Christmas nears, so too do fun memes with purported wintery arctic facts. One popular addition to this genre is the claim that reindeer are the only mammals capable of seeing ultraviolet (UV) light ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --In about 24 hours, Santa's reindeer will be off and flying. Other than that important role, not much is known about these animals. That's about to change. One of the largest ...

CHICAGO -- The 1821 illustrated children's poem "Old Santeclaus with Much Delight" has the first known mention of a reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh. The much more famous poem "A Visit from St.

The two reindeer seen running loose on the 5 Freeway in the San Fernando area over the weekend are safe and back with their owner — and, according to L.A. Animal Services, ready for Christmas Eve. The ...

A Christmas classic has returned to its original home. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," the longest-running Christmas special in television history, is being shown on NBC for the first time in over ...

Forget Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and the rest. Let this be the year to make plans to seek out real reindeer. Wild reindeer and caribou are the same species (Rangifer tarandus), and some have knees that ...

More than 200 reindeer carcasses have been found in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard this year, and researchers are blaming climate change. According to scientists in the region, the reindeer ...

This family-owned farm sits just north of Fairbanks in the boreal forest of the Goldstream Valley. Here, visitors are invited to take a guided nature walk through the forest with the family's reindeer ...