In popular imagination, France’s Fontainebleau is inextricably linked to its grand Château. But when I visit, I typically skip it entirely. Yes, the 1,500-room Château de Fontainebleau that was ...

So still was the clearing that correspondents standing beside the old dining car 2419D could hear the beat of a thrush’s wing, the sound of a woodpecker tapping against a beech tree in the Forest of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Since hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2015 which resulted in the Paris Climate Agreement, France has become a leading ...

The sunlight filtered through the ancient oak trees to the sound of birdsong and the crackle of autumn leaves underfoot. At first glance the scene might have come from a painting by Camille Corot or ...

France’s biggest forest fire in the south-east of the country on the Mediterranean coast has been brought under control, but it has not yet been extinguished, according to prefect of Aude, Christian ...

LA TESTE-DE-BUCH - Last year, ferocious wildfires destroyed thousands of hectares of one of France’s most picturesque forests. Now French authorities are battling an invasion of beetles that are ...

With its boulders, trails and proximity to Paris, the 50,000-acre Forest of Fontainebleau draws millions of hikers, rock-climbers, trail runners and forest bathers each year. Some worry that its ...

France’s Fontainebleau forest – one of the world's first nature reserves – has felt the impacts of the climate crisis for many years. Now the beloved forest, situated just 60 kilometres southeast of ...