We spent three days in Germany's Black Forest, which is said to have inspired famous fairy-tales. It has some of the best hiking trails and castle ruins in Germany, and I loved its eponymous cake.

THE FAIRY TALE version of Germany still exists, more than anywhere else, in the Black Forest. Villages of half-timbered houses dot deep valleys in the shadow of mountainsides thick with spruce and fir ...

Scientists at the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku, Finland, looked at the insect biodiversity of Kibale National ...

Gazing out from the rocky ledge of Sleeping Beauty’s castle in central Germany, the countryside below stretches out in a patchwork of light and dark green forests before stopping dead. At the heart of ...