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caribou
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Reindeer: ancient migration routes disrupted by roads, dams – and now wind farms
Ilona Kater, Author provided Ilona Kater, Durham University; Robert Baxter, Durham University, and Simone Abram, Durham University Reindeer,…
December 29, 2022
Five ways reindeer are perfectly evolved for pulling Santa’s sleigh
Vladimir Melnikov/Shutterstock Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University We all know that Father Christmas would struggle to deliver presents…
December 29, 2022
Is Santa’s sleigh zero carbon? The answer lies in reindeer poo
Norman Tsui/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Mike Jeffries, Northumbria University, Newcastle Santa’s sleigh is famously pulled by eight reindeer, nine…
December 28, 2022
Polar bears eating reindeer: normal behaviour or result of climate change?
Alexey Seafarer/shutterstock Henry Anderson-Elliott, University of Cambridge Recently, scientists in Hornsund, Svalbard – a Norwegian archipelago in the…
December 21, 2022
Whether caribou migrate or stay put is determined by genes that evolved in the last ice age
Human activities are affecting the migratory behaviours of some caribou populations. (Mark Bradley/Parks Canada), Author provided Maria Cavedon,…
December 20, 2022