However, the numbers don’t prevent the local ibex from wandering around on the dam, which was inaugurated 75 years ago. In doing so, the animals seem like acrobats who can defy the law of gravity.

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 ...

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.

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 ...