NAGANO--Five endangered rock ptarmigan chicks have been found dead in the Central Japan Alps in Nagano Prefecture despite the Environment Ministry's efforts to nurture them, after fleeing their nest.

Claudia Steffensen and her husband were hiking through a rocky trail in the Italian Alps when they spotted some ... the 'strange' designs on a light gray rock along a trail in the Valtellina ...

Once believed extinct in the Central Japan Alps, rock ptarmigans hatched at a zoo were transported to a mountain in Nagano Prefecture for eventual release into the wild. It will be the first ...

An ordinary day in the Alps became extraordinary when a couple stumbled upon strange footprints etched into an ancient rock. What they thought was a simple find turned out to be evidence of a ...