The islands and coral atolls of French Polynesia, located in the southern Pacific Ocean, epitomize the idea of tropical paradise: white sandy beaches, turquoise lagoons, and palm trees. Even from the ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. Dennis “Abba” Krieger has accomplished what many of us only dream about. Two and a half years ago he embarked on an adventure in paradise that is continuing today.This month ...

RANGIROA, French Polynesia — Among the Islands of Tahiti, Rangiroa is in a class all its own. 50 miles from end to end, this ring of islands is the second-largest atoll in the world. Captain Noho ...

Like many islands around the world, Tetiaroa Atoll in French Polynesia has been overrun by rats and other invasive species that profoundly affect its terrestrial and marine ecosystems. In July, the ...

French Polynesia has been getting a lot of attention lately. After years of stagnation, two new carriers added nonstop flights from North America to Tahiti in 2018, returning capacity to levels not ...

It's a Saturday afternoon in July and I'm sharing plates of tangy green papaya salad and tuna crudo, washed down with the local Hinano beer, at Fish & Blue, which feels more like a quirky boutique in ...

Laurent Ballesta and his team built a semicircular rig of 32 synchronized cameras to capture this “bullet time” video sequence of sharks descending on a grouper at Fakarava Atoll. This visual ...

Reporting from RANGIROA, FRENCH POLYNESIA — “Hey, I just realized this doesn’t have auto-correct,” my husband, Jeff, said as he was scribbling on the first page of the journal we just had purchased at ...

The remote collection of islands in the Pacific Ocean is seeing a market ‘transformation’ thanks to a stable economy, expanded tourism and exploding demand. 13 Photos View Slide Show › By Roxana ...