The online model lets researchers and anyone with an internet connection explore areas that the island’s 100,000 annual ...

Texas is full of charming small towns, just like this one. In addition to having beautiful scenery, this town is home to ...

Airbus officials blamed the incident on ‘intense solar radiation’ from the sun but an academic believes the cause could come ...

A new study shows that Polynesian rats, not humans, were responsible for the deforestation at Rapa Nui, contrary to popular ...

Easter Island is known for its hundreds of colossal Moai statues - but archaeologists discovered many famous 'heads' actually ...

We’re documenting something that really has needed to be documented, but in a way that’s really comprehensive and shareable.” ...

The island’s giant moai statues have fascinated historians since they were first discovered by European travelers in the early 18th Century.

Easter Island's statues were made by different groups of people, according to new research. The iconic monuments arose from ...

Scientists have uncovered how ancient Easter Islanders moved massive moai statues. Instead of dragging them flat, the statues ...

Conducting research on the main quarry of Easter Island is challenging in ordinary circumstances. The easternmost Polynesian island is a six-hour flight from the nearest airport and reaching parts of ...

Easter Island’s monumental stone figures have long seemed like a closed case, their story pinned to a familiar narrative of isolation, ingenuity, and collapse. A newly reported statue find, however, ...

Binghamton University archaeologists have released a new interactive, 3D model of the Moai statue quarry on Rapa Nui (Easter Island).