While Europeans eventually discovered the impressive moai statues for which the Rapa Nui are best known, they also stumbled ...

For years, the story of Easter Island has been told as a grim fable: a small, isolated community cut down its last tree, destroyed its own environment, and collapsed in a kind of prehistoric ...

Conventional wisdom holds that the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, once had a large population that crashed after living beyond its means and stripping the island of resources. A new ...

Mahani Teave grew up on one of the most remote islands on Earth, but the 38-year-old pianist still found a way to bring her music to the world — and music education to Rapa Nui. Jeffrey Brown tells ...

Mysterious, statue-laden Rapa Nui, dubbed Easter Island by European colonizers, is not an easy place to thrive. At more than 2,000 miles from the coast of South America, it is one of Earth’s most ...

Towering stone giants line the coast of Rapa Nui, but their true origins remain debated. Myths, DNA evidence, and ancient voyages paint a story of deep mystery ...

Modern researchers have long suspected that the inhabitants of Rapa Nui — known to English-speakers as Easter Island, home of the giant carved monoliths — lived in warrior societies that were ...

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

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) -After a successful run of the Bishop Museum exhibit, “Rapa Nui: The Untold Stories of Easter Island,” the centerpiece of the display is now being gifted across the ...

It is dark, pleasantly nippy and easy to get sucked into the blob of tourists sitting in front of a bunch of famous statues at one of the world’s most remote places. The sun is about to break on Rapa ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island (a name given to it by Europeans), is located in the southeast Pacific and is famous for its approximately 1,000 carvings of moai, human-faced statues. The island ...