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At The End Of The Earth: The Longest, Deepest Oil Wells In The World

Technology On Sakhalin Island, in Russia’s far east, temperatures can fall to 35 degrees below zero. Many islanders herd reindeer. And in January, oil crews drilled the world’s longest… On Sakhalin...

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Fewer Reindeer, More Wildfires: Welcome To The Arctic In 2013

Science The Arctic's "new normal" includes more plants, less snow Summer sea ice in the Arctic got a respite this year, as did the Greenland ice sheet, because cooler summer temperatures prevented a...

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USDA Issues Livestock Permit For Magical Reindeer To Enter U.S.

Science Bureaucratic holiday spirit You guys. The U.S. Department of Agriculture would like you to know it has issued a permit for nine particular reindeer to enter the U.S. between the hours of 0600,...

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The Science Behind Reindeer's Color-Changing Eyes

Science It's not the magic of Christmas that turns their eyes from gold to blue. Winter in the Arctic is grim—day and night blur together for 24 hour stints without sunlight. Reindeer manage to...

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Boston Dynamics Robots Make Reindeer Obsolete

Animals In a sinister Christmas video, prancing military machines pull a sleigh Move over reindeer, it's Rudolph the red-nosed robot now. Move over reindeer, it's Rudolph the red-nosed robot now.

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Finland Tries Out New App To Protect Reindeer From Cars

Animals It’s not a reindeer game In the northern arctic lands of Finland, around 300,000 reindeer wander freely, as part of the region’s husbandry business. But, as the Finns have found, many, many…

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How Did Anthrax Flare Up In Siberia?

Health Hot days and melting permafrost In Russia last week several cases of Anthrax were reported in a reindeer herding community.

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How a rainstorm killed 61,000 reindeer

Animals Climate change will only make this more common In 2013, 61,000 reindeer died of starvation on a remote peninsula in Siberia, upending the livelihoods of reindeer herders in the region.

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Climate war on Christmas: Global warming is causing reindeer to shrink

Animals Warm winters are no good for reindeer Scientists say that warmer winters brought on by climate change are hurting reindeer…

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