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Habitats - Montagnes (126) Images supplémentaires...
Mountains provide most of the world's freshwater, harbour a rich variety of plants and animals, and are home to approximately one in ten people. This gallery celebrates the variety of life; human, animal and plant, that thrives in the mountains and the beauty and importance of this habitat.
Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) male in flight over snow covered Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland, February. ~ (non-ex)
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Andrew Parkinson / Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) male in flight over snow covered Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland, February. ~ (non-ex)
Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) on top of ledge in snow, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy, November 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / E Haarberg / Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) on top of ledge in snow, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy, November 2008
Wild female Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) standing camouflaged on rocky mountainside, at an altitude of 2500m, Altai mountains, Mongolia. July NB-This female probably has cubs: the fur around the teat...
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Eric Dragesco / Wild female Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) standing camouflaged on rocky mountainside, at an altitude of 2500m, Altai mountains, Mongolia. July NB-This female probably has cubs: the fur around the teat...
Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei) Hirwa group led by the silverback dominant male Munyinya, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, elevation 2610 m
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Christophe Courteau / Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei) Hirwa group led by the silverback dominant male Munyinya, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, elevation 2610 m
West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica) Female on rock face, Highlands of West Caucasus Mountains in the Bezengi area, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Kabardino-Balkarsky State Nature Reserve, Russia.
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Konstantin Mikhailov / West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica) Female on rock face, Highlands of West Caucasus Mountains in the Bezengi area, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Kabardino-Balkarsky State Nature Reserve, Russia.
Torres del Paine rock towers, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile
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Oriol Alamany / Torres del Paine rock towers, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile
Apline / Yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) in flight, Mount Elbrus, Caucasus, Russia, June 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Schandy / Apline / Yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) in flight, Mount Elbrus, Caucasus, Russia, June 2008
Siau volcano erupting with moon behind, N Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Juergen Freund / Siau volcano erupting with moon behind, N Sulawesi, Indonesia
Arctic fox (Alopex / Vulpes lagopus) in tundra landscape, near Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August
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Roy Mangersnes / Arctic fox (Alopex / Vulpes lagopus) in tundra landscape, near Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August
Alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex) fighting on narrow ledge on rock face, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy, November 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / E Haarberg / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex) fighting on narrow ledge on rock face, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy, November 2008
Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) silhouetted in alpine landscape, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy, November 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / E. Haarberg / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) silhouetted in alpine landscape, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy, November 2008
Kiang / Tibetan ass (Equus kiang) herd grazing on the Tibetan plateau, Kekexili, Qinghai, China, November.
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XI ZHINONG / Kiang / Tibetan ass (Equus kiang) herd grazing on the Tibetan plateau, Kekexili, Qinghai, China, November.