Mataveri International Airport on Easter Island, is known as the most remote airport in the world for its distance from ...

Over the Easter long weekend, two women and two babies died, at least partly because of insufficient capacity, according to Dr Mola. He explains that a relaxed, comfortable environment is crucial ...

Easter Island, long famous for its stone statues, now offers another legacy—one buried in the very sands beneath your feet. Research findings are available online in the journal ESS Open Archive.

Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen landed here on Easter Sunday in 1722, the first European known to visit the island, but only stayed for one day. By the time British captain James Cook arrived in ...

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the height of a human and weigh up to 14 tons (12,700 kilograms).

A team of geologists investigated Easter Island’s age by dating zircon minerals, which turned out to highlight ancient unknowns. A mysterious mineral discovery on Easter Island could be up to ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, never experienced a ruinous population collapse, according to an analysis of ancient DNA from 15 former inhabitants of the remote island in the Pacific Ocean.

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, never experienced a ruinous population collapse, according to an analysis of ancient DNA from 15 former inhabitants of the remote island in the Pacific Ocean.

A long-held theory that a dramatic population collapse occurred at some point on the southeast Pacific Ocean’s Easter Island has been dubbed a myth by a new study. Researchers analyzed the ...

Easter island’s ancient script has not yet been deciphered. This wooden tablet shows its complexity (Wikimedia Commons) The Polynesians were among the world’s first great mariners.

Scientists have debunked a popular myth surrounding Easter Island. An analysis of the island's famed rock gardens, undertaken by a team of researchers including faculty from Binghamton University ...

Famous for its towering stone statues, Easter Island – also known as Rapa Nui – in the Pacific Ocean is thought to have been inhabited by Polynesians since around AD 1200. At… ...