Swells of Siberian tundra roll north toward the Arctic Ocean; a reindeer herd grazes on a distant crest. It’s mid-July, and the group of Nenets herders that Yuri leads are about halfway through ...

When winter begins to slowly recede, the Nenets drive countless herds of reindeer closer to the edge of the Barents Sea. On the night before the tough day, herders go to sleep right after dinner.

Its thought that the first people to domesticate reindeer were the native Nenets of Siberia about two thousand years ago. The Sämi people of Scandinavia have been herders of reindeer for ...

The Nenets Herding Laika, or the Reindeer Spitz, may be up to 50 cm high and can easily control up to 500 deer in an open area MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS Correspondent Viktoria Ivonina/.To every ...

Some families in Yamalo-Nenets still drink deer blood and eat ... vaccine because it is very difficult and costly for reindeer herders to vaccinate their animals," said the vaccine's developer ...

Reindeer herder Elle Merete Omma says climate change is causing problems for her animals, but so are the carbon-cutting industries designed to fight it. "We are having a double burden actually at ...