Rare species — once declared extinct in the wild — rediscovered in French Polynesia
On a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, a rare species once declared extinct in the wild has been rediscovered. Partula tohiveana, or the Moorean viviparous tree snail, was native to French ...
National Geographic news6 年
Look Inside a Frenzy of Hungry Sharks and Breeding Groupers
ARTE/GombessaExpedition2017 At the south end of Fakarava Atoll, a 35-mile-long rectangle of coral in French Polynesia, a narrow channel cuts through the barrier reef. Every June thousands of ...
National Geographic news7 年
Diving Earth's Most Inhospitable Places—With Kids in Tow
This story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... around Alaska, down to French Polynesia, past the tip of South America, on to Antarctica, and then up north through ...