It may sound unbelievable, but reindeer eyes change from a blazing gold in the summer to a deep, dark blue in the winter.

There are a lot of myths about reindeer, and at least one of them is true: They live in remote areas way up north that get a lot of snow. Living in that winter wonderland can be a challenge when ...

By gobbling up shrubs, they help increase the reflectivity of snow and ice. It's just after lunchtime, and darkness is already falling. Tiia Jeremejeff, a reindeer herder in northern Finland ...

Officials from the ranch say two of their reindeer, Eve and Juniper, are “seeing snow for the first time since they left the North Pole.” According to their website, the ranch currently has ...

But I have to admit, there is something a bit magical about watching these creatures migrating, even if modern reindeer herders use snow machines instead of more traditional sledges. In this video ...

In the winter, though, the pads tighten, revealing the rim of their hooves, which is used to provide traction in the slippery snow and ice. Some reindeer migrate longer distances than any other ...

The reindeer likely see the winter world as a shade of purple the way a human may see a room with a black light. Snow and other UV-reflecting surfaces then shine brightly while surfaces that ...

The reindeer struggle to dig for lichen as the unpredictable winters turn melting snow into layers of ice, trapping the winter food source underneath. As a result, herders are having to feed them ...

Humans perceive light from blue wavelengths of about 400 nanometers to the reddish 700-nanometer realm, but reindeer see well into the shorter ultraviolet (UV) range, which causes snow blindness ...

The beloved stop-motion animation special tells the story of Rudolph, a reindeer ostracized for being ... and the Abominable Snow Monster, Rudolph returns home to save Christmas using his nose ...

So there are a lot of myths about reindeer, and at least one or more of them is actually true. They live in remote areas way up north that get a lot of snow. And, you know, living in that winter ...