During the months of May and June in particular, foxtail barley and similar species of grass growing in the PO can be very harmful to your dog
Record mosquito-borne disease cases have put France under enhanced surveillance
A forgotten storm in May 1868 in the Pyrénées-Orientales still shocks more than 150 years later.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave… but no attempt at deception here! Find out the truth about the spiders in and around the P-O
A rather ugly brute compared to the delicate creatures that flit around our lamps at night.
One of the greatest things about winter is that the life of the animals and birds of the mountains is much easier to see and understand thanks to the snow.
Why is this natural phenomenon happening?
If you’ve had the misfortune to accidentally step on a sea urchin (oursin), you will be very aware how painful it can be.
According to the RNSA (National Aerobiological Surveillance Network), responsible for the analysis of the content of the air, cypress pollen is at a particularly high level in our region as well as the Hérault, Aude, Lozère, Aveyron and Tarn.
We’re talking stingers again! Despite being maligned and feared by many, hornets are far less hostile than so-called ‘social’ wasps – at least towards us humans. Some hornet lovers label our native European species ‘gentle giants’. But we also have Asian hornets in the PO. How do they differ and what’s the problem with them? Lesley McLaren explains.