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, ...

Picture a place 2,000 miles off Chile’s coast, only 14 miles long. Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. Some are ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --Rising sea levels could flood more than 50 archaeological sites on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, by 2080 -- including the iconic Ahu Tongariki, according to a new study from the ...

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 ...

Early settlers of the island of Rapa Nui are famous for having created massive stone statues. They have also gotten a bad rap as instigators of a population boom that led to ecological and social ...

Few stories in our human past spark as much imagination as the discovery of the most remote islands in the vast Pacific Ocean. Rapa Nui, sometimes known by its colonial name of Easter Island, is ...

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, ...

Located more than two thousand miles from the coast of Chile, Rapa Nui (the island’s native name) offers a world of mysteries that have remained unanswered for centuries. Joseph attempts to explain ...

One of Easter Island’s iconic heads takes pride of place at the British Museum in London. The question now is how long it will remain there. A delegation from Rapa Nui (the native name for the island ...