Alpine ibex were hunted almost to extinction - luckily a few hundred survived in Italy The long, curved horns of the Alpine ibex and its love of high altitude make it a symbol of the Alps and a ...

Luca Melcarne (France) makes the most of his mountain guide skills to reveal the fascinating lives of Alpine animals. To enable an early ascent into ibex territory, Luca had spent a bitterly cold ...

The park's star resident and emblem — the Alpine Ibex — was threatened with extinction during the 19th century. However, according to the International Conservation Union for Conservation of ...

Italy's very first national park, it was created in 1922 to protect the alpine ibex, a majestic mountain goat recognizable by ...

Luca Melcarne (France) makes the most of his mountain guide skills to reveal the fascinating lives of Alpine animals. Luca stumbled across the small herd of Alpine ibex on his mountain ascent. Bracing ...