Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect ...

Easter Island's famous moai statues slowly fading away 13:40. On this Easter Sunday, we thought it would be fitting to take you on a journey to Easter Island.

A spate of bad behavior by travelers on Easter Island, famed for its enormous statues known as moai, has spurred new conversations about overtourism and how visitors to the island should behave.

Island, or Rapa Nui, is a unique and mysterious place, known for its moai statues and rich biodiversity. Despite its small ...

By 1877, the island’s population dwindled to as little as 111.The population has rebounded, with an estimated 2,000 native people living there today in a population of about 7,000. But threats ...

Easter Island was first inhabited by a small group from Eastern Polynesia around 1,000 years ago. The civilization thrived, reaching a peak of between 15,000 and 20,000.

Known for its mysterious stone Moai statues, Easter Island has a somewhat enigmatic history, largely due to the fact that much of it was passed along via oral tradition. Over the years, some have ...

Easter Island never had a catastrophic population collapse, researchers propose in a new study that looks at archaeological rock gardens. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Charred Moai stone statues on Easter Island, singed in a wildfire earlier this year, are signs of a growing tension between landowners and ...

The sun rises behind a line of moai statues on Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island, Chile, on Nov. 26, 2022. The statues were damaged in an October wildfire. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) ...

According to Easter Island: The Truth Revealed, approximately 1,500 to 2,000 people – half the population – were taken in 1862 in a raid by slave traders from Peru to work there, predominately ...

Easter Island's famous moai statues slowly fading away 13:32. Now we take you on a journey to Easter Island. It's one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world, far into the Pacific, 2200 ...