Rudy explores some of French Polynesia’s collection of islands. French Polynesia’s far-flung collection of about 130 islands range from lagoon-ringed islands with green volcanic spires to low ...

Windstar Cruises announces two celebratory cruises to the Marquesas Islands following their UNESCO World Heritage designation, with special workshops and local leaders on board.

French Polynesia is an overseas territory of France located in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 118 islands spread across five archipelagos: Society, Tuamotu, Gambier, Marquesas, and Austral.

Landsat-9 saw the island that formed off the coast in a volcanic eruption at the end of Oct. 30. A NASA satellite has spotted a newly formed island off the coast of Japan that experienced a fiery ...

Run away to another world where aqua lagoons and volcanic peaks on thousands of islands (many still unexplored) converge with tradition-rich indigenous cultures. IE 11 is not supported.

Rock from Hawaii was fashioned into a stone tool found in Polynesian islands more than 4,000 kilometers to the south, indicating that canoeists made the sea journey around 1,000 years ago.

French Polynesia is a sprawling possession of France in the Pacific Ocean, made up of 118 volcanic and coral islands and atolls, including Tahiti. For France this huge stretch of the Pacific - as ...

More than two months after eruptions first began, the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma, one of Spain's Canary Islands, continues to create new issues for residents. Since mid-September, residents ...

We are preparing to dive off the atoll of Fakarava in French Polynesia’s Tuamotu Archipelago, ... Like other atolls, Fakarava formed around a volcanic island that later sank.

Earlier this year, it began sailing to the Marquesas Islands for the first time. The company has a designated French Polynesian cultural ambassador onboard for all of its sailings in the region. The ...