Island, or Rapa Nui, is a unique and mysterious place, known for its moai statues and rich biodiversity. Despite its small ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Charred Moai stone statues on Easter Island, singed in a wildfire earlier this year, are signs of a growing tension between landowners and ...

Easter Island never had a catastrophic population collapse, researchers propose in a new study that looks at archaeological rock gardens. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

A DNA analysis of 15 Rapa Nui individuals revealed that there was never a population collapse on Easter Island and that the inhabitants commingled with Native Americans. When you purchase through ...

Planning a trip to Easter Island? Here's a complete guide to the remote Chilean territory, also known as Rapa Nui, including how to get there and where to stay.

Sunrise over Ahu Tongariki Moai in Easter Island, Chile. The discovery of crystal "time capsules" on the island has challenged the idea that the Earth’s crust and mantle might move together like ...

A new moai was found on Easter Island in the bed of a volcano crater lake, thanks to severe drought conditions in the area. The Pacific island, located roughly 2,175 miles west of the Chilean ...

Easter Island, home to about 6,000 people, faces water scarcity, and this influx of travelers placed a "huge burden" on the land, CNN said in 2019.

On Easter Island (Rapa Nui in Polynesian), the moai are visibly deteriorating, with some experts warning that these majestic stone statues could turn to sand within a few decades.

Located over 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, Easter Island is one of the world's most isolated inhabited islands. It's famous for the enormous stone statues known as moai, which were erected ...

At the same time, a hirsute, sunburned Viking is setting foot once again on Easter Island, seeking the methods used to get those famous 30-foot-tall statues into place.

Besides, I've wanted to visit Easter Island ever since I started writing about astro-tourism and solar eclipses in 2009, when I noticed there was to be a total solar eclipse there on Jul. 11, 2010.