Easter Island, over 2,000 miles (3,219 km) from the coast of Chile, has over a thousand stone statues -- giant heads that were carved centuries ago by the island's inhabitants -- which have ...

The Atlantic Coast of North America is home to 100 million people and vast historic forests, trailing off into a unique hybrid landscape of shallow waters and barrier islands, populated by wild ...

Maximilien Leblanc/Getty Images. Niue, an island more than 1,500 miles off the coast of New Zealand, is a literal paradise. The small island is home to just over 1,600 people but otherwise remains ...

One of the mysteries of Easter Island's moai statues is why islanders dragged them to the coast. Now, scientists think they may be markers for hidden water sources.

SANTIAGO, Chile — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northern Chile on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. No tsunami warning was issued in the earthquake-prone ...

Listed for $339,000, the 1.5-acre Duck Ledges Island is not in a tropical Caribbean paradise, but rather wedged between Acadia National Park and the Canadian border, off the coast of Maine.

A live feed broadcast from the seafloor off Chile ignited a frenzy online when it showed a pile of large conical-shaped teeth 700 feet deep. Included was a jawbone, with one fang still in it.

Rapa Nui is located in a very isolated position, 1,200 miles (1,900 km) east of Pitcairn Island and 2,200 miles (3,540 km) west of Chile. Flights from the Chilean capital of Santiago take about 5 ...

Chile has issued a tsunami warning and said people should evacuate coastal areas in the south of country after a large earthquake. The warning was issued for the remote Magallanes region on the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Community leaders, family and friends of Eric E. Garvin gathered to honor the highly-respected Stapleton resident who was slain on vacation in Chile earlier this year ...