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 ...

Last August, Sonya Moore ticked French Polynesia off her travel bucket list. Despite a lot of planning before the trip, looking back, there are a few things she'd have done differently. She would have ...

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 ...

Researchers claim to have settled question of whether there was contact between islanders and Americas with construction of tuber’s ‘family tree’ The sweet potato is ubiquitous enough to seem almost ...

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 ...

I didn’t know it was possible to cry underwater. It was one of the many unexpected experiences French Polynesia left me with. Before the male humpback searching for a mate appeared, I heard the ...

How did the Polynesian peoples come to live on the far-flung islands of the Pacific? The question has intrigued researchers for centuries. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl brought the topic to public ...

French Polynesia has announced the creation of the world’s largest marine protected area. Speaking on the first day of the United Nations Ocean Conference in France, French Polynesian President Moetai ...

Sought-after Bora Bora limits visitor numbers to protect environment while rest of French Polynesia pushes for more tourists Bora Bora is close to paradise. The small island is part of French ...