Domestic reindeer have short legs, and they don’t migrate hundreds of miles and their antlers are much smaller. Caribou have long legs, migrate across mountain ranges for hundreds of miles and ...

But what do you really know about reindeer? For example, did you know that reindeer and caribou are the same animal? Scientifically speaking, they are both Rangifer tarandus. This is a classic ...

Reindeer are the same species as caribou (Rangifer tarandus)— but the name “reindeer” is typically used to describe the domesticated animals. In the distance are four Inuvialuit herders on ...

This specific population of barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) — also known as reindeer — inhabits the Arctic regions of Canada’s northern territories. The endangered listing ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The announcement also notes that caribou and reindeer are the same species and, in North America, are called caribou if they live in their ...

In Aklavik, dinner tables groan under inch-thick steaks (reindeer and caribou), heaping mounds of butter, jam, other war-scarce delicacies. Aklavik women, most of them Eskimos and Leacheau Indians ...