A new statue has emerged from the dirt of a recently dried-up lakebed on Easter Island, baffling scientists who said it should not be there. Easter Island is considered a mystery due to its 1,000 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 15 moai at Ahu Tongariki make up the largest group of statues on Rapa Nui. Photograph by Jordan Banks This article was ...

A wild horse trots alongside me while a giant stone moai, carved centuries ago, lies face-down in the fudge-textured earth ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, never experienced a ruinous population collapse, according to an analysis of ancient DNA from 15 former inhabitants of the remote island in the Pacific Ocean.

A team of geologists investigated Easter Island’s age by dating zircon minerals, which turned out to highlight ancient unknowns. A mysterious mineral discovery on Easter Island could be up to 165 ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The sky is still dark and the windscreen wipers are working furiously. I'm being driven across Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter ...