The Salanfe dam in Evionnaz, canton Valais, is not only high, at 52 metres: it also has a gradient of 75 degrees. However, these figures don’t prevent the local ibex from wandering around the ...

A female Alpine Ibex, a species of wild goat that lives in the mountains of the European Alps, licks salty stones on a near-vertical dam at lake Cingino in Italy, followed by her young.

“Ibex need mineral salts that they can’t find in their food, especially in winter. So they look for this salt just about everywhere. And as we have a magnificent dam oozing with saltpetre ...

In June, Stanislao regularly visits the Gran Paradiso National Park in northwest Italy to photograph the alpine ibex, which come down from the peaks in summer to feed on the lower slopes. While ...

Humans can erect walls hundreds of feet high, but they can’t keep the Alpine ibex from climbing over. Check out these insane pictures of the mountain-dwelling creatures scaling the Cingino Dam ...