A traditional dance group from Rapa Nui (or Easter Island) performed a ceremony at the British Museum in London in front of ...

Learn how rats, originally brought over to Easter Island as a food source, are partially to blame for the destruction of palm ...

A new paper advances the decades-long argument regarding whether rats were the driving force that deforested Rapa Nui, aka ...

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 ...

This year carries special significance for Rapa Nui, which is marking key milestones in its heritage history: nine decades since the creation of the National Park and its designation as a Historic ...

While the Rapa Nui people did play a role in the island’s deforestation, the greater role may belong to a virtual tidal wave ...

New research shows how people, palms, and millions of rats shaped Easter Island long before Europeans arrived.

SANTIAGO, ChileSANTIAGO, Chile — A land dispute on Easter Island turned violent Friday when riot police evicting islanders from their ancestral home were quickly surrounded by rock-throwing Rapa Nui ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina » A military plane carrying riot police reinforcements landed on Easter Island Saturday, and Chile’s Interior Minister said they will continue evicting Rapa Nui islanders who ...

The study suggests that harsh environmental conditions on the 63-square-mile island were responsible for the Rapa Nui society’s decline. Reuters How did the indigenous population of Polynesians, who ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – A military plane carrying riot police reinforcements landed on Easter Island Saturday, and Chile's Interior Minister said they will continue evicting Rapa Nui islanders who ...