Ever wondered what secrets giant stone heads might be hiding? Welcome to Easter Island, home to the mysterious Moai. These massive statues have been staring out at the sea for centuries… silently, ...

Flooding is one form of extreme weather, and the Easter Island findings are unfortunately a grim reminder of how ...

Famous for its towering moai statues, Easter Island holds a darker mystery—what happened to the culture that built them, and why did their world collapse?

A mysterious find on Easter Island, investigated by a team of geologists, suggests that the Earth's mantle seems to behave differently than once thought. Geography textbooks describe the Earth's ...

The monumental statues of Easter Island, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island's barren landscape, have been a great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans. How ...

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(This program is no longer available for online streaming.) A remote, bleak speck of rock in the middle of the Pacific, Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, has mystified the world ever since the first ...

The Earth's mantle might not always move along in lockstep with the overlying tectonic crust—as set out in science textbooks for decades—but may instead behave differently. This is the conclusion of ...

A recently-published study challenges the popular myth that Easter Islanders' ancient rock gardening practices caused their own downfall. The journal article, which is titled "Island-wide ...

A genetic study has revealed that a self-inflicted population collapse is unlikely to have caused the decline of the ancient inhabitants of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island. The latest findings, ...