LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY - JULY 29: A Svalbard reindeer reclines while grazing during a summer heat wave on Svalbard archipelago on July 29, 2020 near Longyearbyen, Norway. The Svalbard reindeer are ...

Mathilde Le Moullec and her colleagues have walked more than 2000 kilometres over four field seasons in the high-Arctic Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, all in a quest to count reindeer. She can now ...

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 ...

As the planet warms due to climate change, the Arctic winters are seeing longer open water spells and less sea ice. It also now rains more often than snow during this period, something that is ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As the Arctic warms, concern for the plight of Santa’s favorite sleigh pullers is ...

Across the world, reindeer and caribou populations are in decline, under the pressures of a changing climate and human encroachment. One estimate reckons their numbers have fallen by as much as 40 ...

Kelly meets Cecilia Blomdahl, the author behind "Life On Svalbard," the New York Times-bestselling book about living on a remote island near the North Pole. Cecilia dials-in from Svalbard, and shares ...

The wild Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) seems to be on the path to recovery following near extinction in the early 20th century. Now, some 22,000 Svalbard reindeer are estimated ...

Co-feeding between Svalbard rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) and Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on Svalbard, Norway, was observed during our annual point transect survey ...

Reindeer living on the Arctic island of Svalbard are getting smaller — and scientists say climate change may be the cause. Scientists from Britain and Norway have found that adult Svalbard reindeer ...