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 Alpine ibex, a species found in European mountainous regions, is more likely to be active at night when the days get ...