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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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For about seven minutes in 2003, scientists reversed extinction. The resurrected lineage was the Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica), and the last known member of the subspecies, a female named ...

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 ...

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 ...