Easter Island's iconic moai statues have long puzzled the world, but new research hints at a surprising twist in their ...

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one ...

A groundbreaking new study provides compelling evidence that Easter Island's enormous moai statues were built by competing ...

The recent discovery of the moai’s true builders comes not long after scientists from Binghamton University and the ...

Archaeologists studied hundreds of unfinished stone heads in a quarry on Easter Island to better understand how they were ...

The island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is famous for its moai. These giant, anthropomorphic monoliths have long puzzled anthropologists, driving extensive research into their ...

Archeologists have used drones and photogrammetry to create a map of the quarry that produced 95 of Easter Island's statues.

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

Unless you count the heat, the streets of Tullahoma, Tenn., have very little in common with Easter Island, a tiny spit of land off the coast of Chile. But local artist Steve Smith is doing his part to ...