Likely the first extinction event of the 2000s in Europe, the sad history of the Pyrenean Ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) is a powerful example of the ever-increasing species loss worldwide due to ...

In a new study published in L'Antropologie, Dr. Shirin Torkamandi and his colleagues, Dr. Marcel Otte and Dr. Abbas Motarjem have analyzed the symbolic meaning of bovidea, particularly the ibex, in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The last Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica ...

The Pyrenean ibex was a subspecies of ibex that lived across the Pyrenees; due to hunting and other pressures, by the late 20th century the animals were relegated to Ordesa National Park in Spain. The ...

TARBES, France (AFP) — With a bumper litter of new kids, the recently introduced ibex population in the French Pyrenees is thriving more than a century after the native species of wild goats was wiped ...

Through a process called de-extinction, genetic scientists hope to bring back long-gone species, such as the Pyrenean Ibex, the Tasmanian Tiger, the Woolly Mammoth and the Passenger Pigeon. National ...