Every Christmas Eve when our daughters were young they lovingly set out a plate of cookies and a glass of milk for Santa Claus. Naturally, they also left some carrots for Santa's reindeer. I'm not ...

Scientists thought that reindeer lichens (moss-looking organisms that form a major part of reindeer diets) reproduced mainly asexually by cloning themselves. But it turns out, reindeer lichens are ...

What we call reindeer moss is nothing of the kind. It's not even a plant; it's a lichen. Lichens, which account for half of the natural nitrogen... Sep 21, 2017 — What we call reindeer moss is nothing ...

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 your ...

Paula DePriest was thrilled when she finally got the chance to see the species that she studies as they were being chewed up by the grazer for which they’re named. She didn’t even mind having to go ...

In northern Canada, the forest floor is carpeted with reindeer lichens. They look like a moss made of tiny gray branches, but they're stranger than that: they're composite organisms, a fungus and ...

(CN) — Reindeer lichens, beloved by wild reindeer looking for an easily grazeable meal, generally find it easiest to reproduce asexually by simply cloning themselves instead of the more ...