A giant whale stole the show at the Summer Olympic Games, shooting out of the water as athletes competed in women's surfing ...

It is for spectacular scenes like this that many tourists travel each year to French Polynesia, one of the world's prime destinations to go whale-watching and even swim with the huge mammals.

By Lauren Beavis via SWNS Thousands of extremely rare partula snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French ...

The photographer began documenting waves as he rode in their heaving movements and eventually settled in Teahupo'o.

Thousands of rare partula snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French Polynesia to restore the wild population ...

Thousands of extremely rare particular snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French Polynesia - to restore ...

Snails bred in Edinburgh sent to French Polynesia to restore population - The Partula snail was once on the brink of ...

Thousands of extremely rare partula snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French Polynesia - to restore the wild population of the species. The last surviving few of the species were ...