Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has become a symbol of Provence in southern France, but there is a warning that it’s under threat from climate change. Lavender ...

For a food enthusiast, few regions outrank the South of France. With a gorgeous sun-drenched coastline and a temperate Mediterranean climate, some of the best-known French dishes hail from the South.

With its swathes of waving blue flowers, delicious scent and squadrons of butterflies and bees, I am standing in a field that could be in Provence in the South of France. A great plantation of ...