Easter Island’s iconic statues remain at risk after devastating fire. Recent blazes chewed through the heritage site, causing “irreparable” damage to hundreds of Rapa Nui’s sacred moai.

The meaning of Easter Island's mysterious Moai, which have stood on the remote Polynesian island for hundreds of years, has long been a source of interest for researchers. Carvers in ancient Rapa ...

The fire has burned more than 247 acres of the Pacific island, where hundreds of haunting monolithic statues, called moai, ... still holding a rare mosaic death mask and jadeite jewelry, ...

A new moai was found on Easter Island in the bed of a volcano crater lake, thanks to severe drought conditions in the area. The Pacific island, located roughly 2,175 miles west of the Chilean ...

"We think we know all the moai, but then a new one turns up." Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is famous for the 1,000 stone heads called moai that dot its hills and coastline. They were ...

Charred Moai stone statues on Easter Island, singed in a wildfire earlier this year, are signs of a growing tension between landowners and conservationists in this tiny, remote island in the ...

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 ...

Another potential reason the Rapa Nui stopped building moai was a rise in the Birdman cult. Living on an isolated island without large mammals or reptiles, Rapa Nui came to revere what animal they ...