Volcanoes like those on Easter Island are so-called "hotspot volcanoes." These are common in the Pacific Ocean; Hawai'i is a famous example. They form from large blobs of rock that slowly rise ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world.

Rock gardens were the most prevalent form of gardening on Easter Island, a labor-intensive endeavor with low yields. There’s ...

At the Easter Island site, the NOVA team drags the concrete ... of this added up to a whole new way of looking at moving big rocks. Like many others, I had been distracted by scenes from antiquity ...

The famous statues of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, are best known for their deep-set eyes and long ears. They also sport impressive multi-tonne hats made from a different rock type. Quite how these ...

An earthquake measuring 6.2 degrees on the Richter scale struck Chile's Easter Islands in the South ... among the almost 6,000 inhabitants of the island, which belongs to Chile despite being ...