Scientists have recently discovered that reindeer living in the Arctic really have not much use for a circadian rhythm to help them cope with the night and day cycle. And the reason for this is fairly simple – there are no days or nights at their location, just six months of dark, followed promptly by six month... |
12 March 2010
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For many years, skeptics to Santa Claus have argued that it's a scientific impossibility for him to deliver all of his presents to children around the world in one night. But a new line of research suggests that Santa is able to do that by employing some cutting-edge technology and advanced science, which norma... |
7 December 2009
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Polar bears are highly emblematic in signaling the impact of global warming. The narwhal is the species most vulnerable to global warming. Yet, not only Arctic marine mammals are affected by global warming: western Greenland's caribou experiences a mismatched migration caused by warming, that translates in less ... |
14 May 2008
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1. In the extreme north of the Fennoscandian peninsula, the Saami (Lapps), a shepherd population that still follows an ancestral way of life, live, despite the tough clime of their homeland. Most of the Lapps actually live over the Polar Circle, but these people developed a culture adapted to the subpolar climate, ba... |
18 February 2008
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Wolverine is the largest land-dwelling relative of the weasel (overall, the largest would be the giant otter of South America). The wolverine is considered, relative to its size, the most powerful carnivorous mammal. Even if a wolverine is no larger than 25 kg (55 pounds), it can kill reindeer and moose!This meat eat... |
4 January 2008
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Waiting for Rudolph to bring you Santa Claus with the presents? Well, here is some data about this amazing Ice Age deer. 1.Reindeer are believed to have appeared during the last glaciation, 15,000 years ago. Their roots seem to be in South America. 5 million years ago, South America and North America got united throu... |
15 December 2007
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While in North America, many Indian and Inuit (Eskimos) groups had their subsistence linked to reindeer and hunt them, in Eurasia, many Arctic tribes had an even closer connection with the sole larger survival of the Ice Age, as the species have been herded for about 4-5,000 years, from the Sami (Lapps) to Nenets, Kh... |
24 September 2007
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Do you know what's the similarity between Rudolf and those kilted Scots?They use a bagpipe to impress the females. A group of European biologists from Berliner Leibniz Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Research in Germany, Ilomantsi Game Research Station in Finland and the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienn... |
19 March 2007
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