Rapa Nui or Te Pito o Te Henua (the navel of the world), also known as Easter Island, is one of the most isolated inhabited ...

Scientists turn to ancient DNA to understand the history of Easter Island, a remote island in the Pacific Ocean also known as ...

The moai, carved from volcanic tuff, are threatened by rising sea levels and climate changes worsened by global warming.

On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse chasers will be on the volcanic Easter Island — called Rapa Nui by natives and one of ...

New DNA analysis adds to growing research indicating the famous Pacific island did not collapse from overuse of resources ...

The long-held narrative is that the original inhabitants of Easter Island grew so fascinated with stone statues they ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island or Te Pito o Te Henua (the navel of the world), is one of the most remote inhabited ...

Dr Lisa Matisoo-Smith joins Emile Donovan to help explain new research and what it tells us about the story of Rapa Nui and ...

Discover the truth behind the mysterious history of Rapa Nui, challenging the myth of overpopulation and ecological collapse.

The new study also indicates the Polynesian people who settled Rapa Nui mixed with indigenous South Americans centuries ...

The widespread deforestation believed to have been caused by the Rapa Nui people to build the towering Easter Island statues ...

The scientists have debunked what they say was a colonial narrative, and one which has been used as a warning about ...