Fabio Pupin / Meadow viper, (Vipera ursinii), basking in alpine meadow, Apennines, Italy, September . Non-ex.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking through snow. Central Apennines, Molise, Italy, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Common mulleins (Verbascum thapsus), Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), and Daisies flowering in mountain pasture. Gran Sasso National Park, Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June.

Bruno D'Amicis / Wild Apennine wolf (Canis lupus italicus) in snowy landscape. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy. February. Italian endemic subspecies.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris) and Poet's daffodil (Narcissus poeticus) on the Piano Grande, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris) and Poet's daffodil (Narcissus poeticus) on the Piano Grande, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May, 2009.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula) on the Forca Canapine, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Poet's daffodil (Narcissus poeticus) on the Piano Grande, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common peony (Paeonia officinalis) close up of stamens and stigma, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Piano Perduto, Monti Sibillini National Park, Italy, May, 2009.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) adult male. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, December.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) adult male at sunset. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, November.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) male moving on extremely steep and smooth rock wall. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Sibillini NP. Marche, Italy, August.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) females in snowy mountain habitat. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, November.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) adult male in snowy mountain habitat. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, November.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) herd resting on altitude plateau of Majella Massif, in moonlight with distant urban lights in the background. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Majella N...

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) females and kids resting on rocky slope. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Abruzzo, Italy, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) female and kids silhouetted against the waters of Adriatic Sea at sunrise. Endemic to the Apennine mountains. Majella National Park. Abruzzo, Italy, July.

Fabio Pupin / Meadow viper, (Vipera ursinii), basking before storm comes, Apennines, Italy, September . Non-ex.

Bruno D'Amicis / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) hunting along mountain cliff in the snow. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy. December.

Bruno D'Amicis / Silhouette of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag bellowing during the rut. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, October.

Bruno D'Amicis / Silhouette of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag on mountain slope at sunrise. Abruzzo, Central Apennines, Italy, October.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags fighting during the rut. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, October.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags fighting during the rut. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, October.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag bellowing during the rut. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, October.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag bellowing during the rut. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, October.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags fighting during the rut. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, October.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags fighting during the rut. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, October.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag walking on mountain slope with clouds and distant ridges in the background. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, October.

Bruno D'Amicis / Silhouette of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag walking on mountain slope with clouds and distant ridges in the background. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, October.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine village of Rosciolo dei Marsi in western Abruzzo. Central Apennines, Italy, October 2012.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine / Marsican brown bears (Ursus arctos marsicanus) playing in autumn foliage with dogrose (Rosa canina) bushes. Critically endangered subspecies. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, September.

Bruno D'Amicis / Lenticular clouds over Mount Bolza and Campo Imperatore plateau in the Gran Sasso National Park. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, September 2012.

Bruno D'Amicis / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) gliding at sunrise. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, September.

Bruno D'Amicis / Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) feeding on carcass on mountain plateau. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, September.

Bruno D'Amicis / Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) feeding on carcass on mountain plateau. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, September.

Bruno D'Amicis / Sunset light on fairy grass (Stipa sp.) with Gran Sasso mountains in background. Gran Sasso National Park, Abruzzo, Italy, June 2012.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) hind crossing small stream at sunset. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags walking in deep snow. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Steam rising from stream on frosty winter morning in the Abruzzo National Park. Central Apennines, February 2012.

Bruno D'Amicis / Solitary male wild boar (Sus scrofa) crossing snowy field. Abruzzo National Park, Central Apennines, Italy, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) group standing at edge of stream. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Two Red deer (Cervus elaphus) standing at edge of stream. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) group walking along edge of stream. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Two Red deer (Cervus elaphus) walking along edge of stream. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Herd of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) standing in stream on a frosty morning. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Herd of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) standing in stream on a frosty morning. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, February.

Bruno D'Amicis / Herd of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) standing in stream on a frosty morning. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, February.