There’s a good reason why Mutiny on the Bounty actor Marlon Brando stepped foot on Tetiʻaroa in French Polynesia and decided never to leave. With rainforested peaks and coral-fringed lagoons, the ...

A giant whale stole the show at the Summer Olympic Games, shooting out of the water as athletes competed in the women’s surfing semifinals on the French Pacific island of Tahiti last month. It is for ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Moorea's lagoon is palette of aquamarine and cobalt and eye-scrunching electric blue. There are monsters of the deep in the big blue ...

While sharks are feared and threatened in many parts of the world, French Polynesia decided to protect them two decades ago by declaring its entire exclusive economic zone a massive sanctuary for ...

Every austral summer, Rangiroa and Tikehau atolls in French Polynesia host a mysterious assembly of female great hammerhead sharks — a critically endangered and typically solitary species. When you ...