Rocco Tinitali is helping to bring a taste of the Polynesian Islands to the Grand Strand. The 33-year-old American Samoa has been performing the art of fire knife dancing for the last five years. Now, ...

Native Americans and Polynesians made contact 800 years before European explorers reached the islands, a new study says. The study, published in the scientific journal Nature, found DNA markers that ...

By Athena Lucero Views from the passenger seat of an SUV transported me to a world far from the traffic and concrete of Los ...

Each villa at the private island resort, beloved by celebrities, faces the ocean or a protected bay and is landscaped for ...

In the latest good news for conservationists, birders, and tourists alike, an endangered bird has returned to an island in ...

The performers from each section of Luau return to the stage after completing their performance. The ballroom of the Wilkinson Student Center was standing room only as students, faculty and members of ...

Today, the islands are an overseas collectivity of France, home to about 276,000 people, with most of the population concentrated in Tahiti, the largest and most well-known of the islands. Rich in ...

Researchers have provided a detailed description of the stunning array of fungi that make their home on the Polynesian island of Mo'orea. The collection includes more than 200 species of macrofungi -- ...

Sail the warm blue waters of the South Pacific on a Windstar Cruises voyage to Tahiti and other islands. The trips, which range from seven to 10 days, include air transportation from Los Angeles, and ...

In an April 7, 2021 press conference, President of French Polynesia Edouard Fritch announced the May 1 reopening date. The announcement comes after President Fritch met with French President Emmanuel ...