New excavations and high tech scans on one of the world’s most remote islands are forcing archaeologists to redraw the story ...

Concert pianist Mahani Teave has traveled the world, But Rapa Nui, sometimes known as Easter Island, is her home. "Rapa Nui – that's what we call ourselves here also," she said. "That's our people, ...

When Polynesian explorers landed on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, around 1200 C.E., they found nearly 20 million palm trees; by the time Dutch explorers arrived in 1722, they found only ...

Diplomatic circles in Santiago are still shaky after last week's comment by the South American country's Ambassador to New ...

Easter Island’s Moai statues weren’t dragged - they walked. Physics and experiments uncover how ancient islanders made stone ...

Easter Island has long been a bucket list destination for travelers from around the world. But the very thing that keeps the island’s economy going strong may be the thing that ultimately causes its ...

Mysterious, statue-laden Rapa Nui, dubbed Easter Island by European colonizers, is not an easy place to thrive. At more than 2,000 miles from the coast of South America, it is one of Earth’s most ...

Easter Island is on lots of bucket lists. Who wouldn’t want the chance to visit one of the world’s most remote islands and take selfies with those ancient, stoic stone faces? Yet there’s more to ...

Hoa Hakananai'a was removed from Rapa Nui in the 19th Century Prominent among the eclectic hoard of treasures in London's British Museum is the imposing figure of Hoa Hakananai'a, a four-tonne basalt ...