Avalanches are one of the most dangerous elements of alpine living. With tons of snow plummeting down the mountainside, these natural disasters can reach speeds of up to 100 mph. Their force can ...

This is a juvenile Alpine Chamois in the Italian Alps. Alpine goats appear to be shrinking in size as they react to changes in climate, according to new research from Durham University. Alpine goats ...

DURHAM, England, Oct. 22 (UPI) --Animals shrinking in size and mass isn't exactly new. In recent decades, scientists have observed an inverse relationship between animal size and temperature averages.

Scientists have found that male Alpine chamois heterozygous at a particular immune gene locus (i.e. who possess two different forms of that gene) survive significantly longer than homozygous ...

Goats are shrinking as a result of climate change, researchers have claimed. They say Alpine goats now weigh about 25 per cent less than animals of the same age in the 1980s. Researchers say it is a ...

Global climate change can affect animal ecology in numerous ways, but researchers usually emphasize undesirable consequences. Temperature increases, for instance, can induce direct physiological costs ...

This is a juvenile Alpine Chamois in the Italian Alps. Alpine goats appear to be shrinking in size as they react to changes in climate, according to new research from Durham University. Lead author Dr ...

On the steep slopes of the Aosta Valley, the hamlet of Chamois is the only Italian village that can't be accessed by car. The isolated mountain hamlet of Chamois is proof that it's possible to get to ...

Alpine goats are growing smaller, due to a process known as "Heat laziness." Some scientists are questioning if this effect is being brought about due to global climate change. Durham University ...

Deb and Wayne Hall purchased a trip of a lifetime from the Safari Club International’s Kansas City chapter to hunt red stag, chamois, tahr and alpine goats in New Zealand. Leaving KCI on July 10, it ...