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.

Bruno D'Amicis / Pyrenean fleabane (Inula montana) flowering among Feather grass (Stipa pennata), Central Apennines, Italy.

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.

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) hinds standing in a stream on a frosty morning. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, February.

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

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) herd running through a stream. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, February.

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

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

Bruno D'Amicis / Herd of semi-feral horses (Equus caballus) grazing on snowy mountain slope in the Central Apennines. Abruzzo, Italy, January.

Bruno D'Amicis / Moon rising over Mount Velino at sunset, in the Sirente-Velino Nature Reserve. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy.

Bruno D'Amicis / Last rays of sun on northern slope of Mount Camicia in the Gran Sasso Massif. Gran Sasso National Park, Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, August.

Bruno D'Amicis / Apennine edelweiss (Leontopodium nivale) flowers in bloom. Endemic to high altitudes in the Central Apennines. Abruzzo, Italy, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Full-moon rising at sunset over summit of Mount Acquaviva (2707m), second highest peak in Majella massif. Majella National Park, Abruzzo, Italy, July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Androsace mathildae, endemic to Gran Sasso and Majella massifs in Central Apennines where it occurs in a few scattered locations. Abruzzo, Italy

Bruno D'Amicis / Lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus), Abruzzo, Central Apennines, Italy.

Bruno D'Amicis / The waters of River Orta carve their way through the limestone rock in the Orta valley. Majella National Park, Abruzzo, Italy, June.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red poppies, cornflowers, daisies and other ruderal species colonize abandoned cultivated fields. Gran Sasso National Park. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June.