The discovery was made as "GMA" co-anchor Michael Strahan reports from Easter Island next week, exploring the remote inhabited volcanic island's heritage, beauty and the historic colossal stone ...

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“This discovery is something historic for this ... In 2019, it was renamed “Rapa Nui-Easter Island” from its previous name of Easter Island. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up ...

A team of geologists investigated Easter Island’s age by dating zircon minerals, which turned out to highlight ancient ...

This discovery was made by an international team ... an 1800-mile-long chain of underwater mountains stretching between Easter Island—also known as Rapa Nui—and Chile. Primnoid corals observed ...

Audio: Listen to Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo discuss Easter Island with New Scientist’s Ivan Semeniuk (mp3 file, 9MB). Listen to all the New Scientist podcasts here. It is a familiar tale of ...

Easter Island – also known as Rapa Nui – in the Pacific Ocean is thought to have been inhabited by Polynesians since around AD 1200. At… Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox!

One of Easter Island’s world-famous moai statues has been destroyed in an accident. A Chilean island resident was arrested on March 1 after his truck – a private vehicle, not a commercial one ...

The governor of Easter Island has urged the British Museum to return a huge statue, kept in London for 150 years, claiming that the English “have our soul.” The 8-foot-tall basalt figure, known as Hoa ...

One of Easter Island’s world-famous moai statues has been destroyed in an accident. A Chilean island resident was arrested on March 1 after his truck – a private vehicle, not a commercial one ...