Easter Island — a Chilean territory at the eastern edge of Polynesia, known as Rapa Nui to residents — is known for its iconic volcanic rock statues, or moʻai. In 2023, a previously unknown statue was ...

A new study led by researchers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory offers the clearest evidence yet that a centuries-long ...

The mystery of the Moai stone heads has eluded onlookers for centuries — and now, researchers say they finally know how they got there. The statues, which were carved and placed on the South Pacific's ...

An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 sparked a billion-dollar pharmaceutical success story. But the history told about this “miracle drug” has completely left out the people and politics ...