In 1939, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was introduced, making him Santa's ninth reindeer. However, in 1902, L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus boasts 10 reindeer.

It's most likely, he said, that Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen are all female. "Any reindeer right now with antlers is a girl," he said.

It’s most likely that Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen are all female, a zoologist at the Nova Scotia Museum said.

She posted that all of Santa's reindeer - Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph - are female, an observation that immediately went viral.

Andrew Hebda, a zoologist at the Nova Scotia Museum, says it's most likely that Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and the rest of the team pulling Santa's sleigh are all female.

Santa’s reindeer — Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen and Rudolph — received clearance to fly to Pennsylvania from Dr. Sarah Coburn, Alaska’s state veterinarian.

Led by a reindeer named Rudolph, some might assume the sleigh-pullers that form the backbone of Santa Claus's mighty toy-distribution operation are all male. But they'd be wrong, according to Nova ...

For generations, many have pictured Santa’s reindeer as antlered bucks guiding his sleigh through the Christmas Eve sky. But archival evidence suggests we may have it all wrong. A report from ...

In 1939, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was introduced, making him Santa's ninth reindeer. However, in 1902, L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus boasts 10 reindeer.

For generations, many have pictured Santa’s reindeer as antlered bucks guiding his sleigh through the Christmas Eve sky. But archival evidence suggests we may have it all wrong. A report from ...