Researchers discovered 160 new species living along the Salas y Gómez Ridge near Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. The ...

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

A team of geologists investigated Easter Island’s age by dating zircon minerals, which turned out to highlight ancient ...

An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a century.

The moai was found lying on its side in what was once an underwater volcanic crater lake. Researchers on Easter Island have found a previously undiscovered moai - one of the Pacific island's ...

The team, led by Cuban geologist Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte, discovered hundreds of zircons on Easter Island, but to their surprise, some of these minerals dated back as far as 165 million years—far ...

Had the team found evidence that the mantle plume under Easter Island has been active for 165 million years? To answer that question, Rojas-Agramonte needed evidence from the geology of the 'Ring ...