Tigers are majestic and powerful creatures, revered as apex predators of the jungle. However, when they become man-eaters, they take on a deadly and terrifying reputation. Most tigers avoid human ...

Oregon's deer and elk give birth from May through July each year. It's natural for mother animals to leave their young alone ...

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Trail cameras can help to gather data on rare and sensitive wildlife populations without being intrusive. Researchers ...

Caribou/reindeer are approximately the size of elk and, thus, are among the largest, native deer of North America. Adults have average body lengths of 8 feet, shoulder heights of 3.5 – 4 feet ...

This subspecies of reindeer is only found on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago and stands at roughly five-feet long and three-feet tall and about half the size of other reindeer.

Deer hunters in the Pacific Northwest got a boost this month with the announcement that the new Blacktail Deer Foundation will leverage membership, chapters, and sponsorships to conserve forest ...

Both Columbia and Sitka black-tailed deer are subspecies of the larger and more widely distributed mule deer of the interior West. Based in Salt Lake City, the Mule Deer Foundation was founded in 1988 ...

There are 14 subspecies of Rangifer tarandus and 26 different subspecies of Odocoileus virginianus. Reindeer vs. Whitetail Deer: Origin Native to the Americas are whitetail deer.

While whitetail deer also eat lichen, they don’t have such an adaptation, and reindeer are far more efficient when it comes to digesting one of the only foods they have during winter.

Reindeer and caribou are the same thing. Reindeer have several names. Santa’s reindeer are most likely R. tarandus platyrhynchus, a subspecies in Svalbard.