The "walking moai hypothesis" could end a long-time debate over how ancient engineers moved these iconic statues around Easter Island. Reading time 3 minutes The moai statues of Easter Island have ...

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 ...

A study using 11,600 aerial drone photos to map a mountainous quarry in 3D reveals more about how the island's famed stone ...

Archaeologists have long assumed that the ancient society that erected the colossal Moai figures on Chile’s Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, collapsed many centuries ago. Now, a new study ...

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 ...

It has typically been estimated that Rapa Nui once supported between 15 and 19.7 million Rapa Nui palm trees (Paschalococos disperta) before the exploitation by humans led to the near complete ...

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

The biotech firm’s polyclonal anti-cancer therapy is based on an ex vivo approach and avoids the use of toxic immune-depleting chemotherapy. Rapa Therapeutics (Rapa) is bringing the power of ...