Amid streaks of lightning and startling thunder claps on a recent day, I head out into the middle of the marshy wetlands known as the Camargue. I'm with a group of tourists, piled on hay bales in the ...

The Tour du Valat is a research institute for the conservation of Mediterranean wetlands, based in Camargue (France), with the status of a private foundation recognized as being of public interest.

1985 was one of the worst years in living memory for the flamingo population of the Camargue, France. Over a 15 day period in January, temperatures plummeted, the lagoons, ponds and salt pans where ...