Hawaiians revere Tahiti as part of their ancestral homeland, referred to as Kahiki. But with French Polynesia’s capital, Papeete, located more than 2,700 miles south of Hawaii’s capital in Honolulu, ...

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has released their findings from the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition ever conducted in French Polynesia. The Global Reef Expedition: ...

A new species of Polynesian clownfish was discovered and named Amphiprion maohiensis, thanks to a detailed DNA study.

United Airlines is about to make a big splash in French Polynesia — an exotic collection of more 100 tropical islands in the South Pacific. Beginning Oct. 30, United will fly three times a week on a ...

Researchers who studied and mapped coral reefs in French Polynesia over a seven-month expedition in 2012-13, have found that French Polynesia had one of the world’s healthiest corals, and some of the ...

This video shows the lush green mountains and coastal bay of Moorea in French Polynesia, with anchored sailboats and calm ...

Climate change, overfishing and pollution have reduced coral coverage in places like the Florida Keys from 30 to 40 percent down to just 2 percent. But many reefs in French Polynesia remain ...

There is no one perfect statistic to compare the outbreaks different countries have experienced during this pandemic. Looking at a variety of metrics gives you a more complete view of the virus’ toll ...

United will fly three times a week from San Francisco International Airport nonstop to Papeete, the French Polynesia capital city on the island of Tahiti. United Airlines is about to make a big splash ...

French Polynesia was on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories from 1946 to 1947, following the transmission of information on French Establishments in Oceania by France under ...