Rapa Nui has long stood as a symbol of ecocide— an act of deliberate, environmental destruction by humans. But new studies ...

This four-day itinerary for Rapa Nui (Easter Island) covers visits to ancient Moai statues, volcanic treks, cultural ...

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.

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

A DNA analysis of 15 Rapa Nui individuals revealed that there was never a population collapse on Easter Island and that the ...

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

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

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

Many people witnessed their first and perhaps last total solar eclipse in April. The next eclipse will look like a "ring of ...

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

Genome analysis adds to mounting evidence against the idea that Rapa Nui’s population collapsed owing to overexploitation of ...