Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adventurous travelers can summit Mount Otemanu in Bora Bora, one of 118 islands and atolls in French Polynesia. Photograph by ...

French Polynesia says it was "approached, but not consulted" about a Bay Area startup's plan to explore seabed mining near its marine preserve.

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French Polynesia had been on my bucket list ever since I learned of its existence, and last August, I finally made it there. My partner and I spent 16 days traveling across this dreamy French overseas ...

This is the latest in our series on underrated destinations, It’s Still a Big World. Nothing will ruin a vacation quite like crowds. Whether it’s beaches and bars or museums and mountaintops, large ...

It’s a cloudless morning and the sun is shining brightly off the coast of French Polynesia’s capital and largest city, Papeete, enhancing the water’s already vibrant shades of blue. Though just meters ...

Listen to the 3D immersive whalesongs captured by nature sound recordist Thomas Rex Beverly and learn how Sennheiser and a bespoke 3D hydrophone array produced spatialized recordings never captured ...