Depending on the criteria of what classifies a landmass as an island, between a few thousand and one million islands are ...

Dr. Frances R. Curcio traveled 28,105 nautical miles to Peru, Chile, Fiji, Australia, Cambodia, India, Tanzania, Egypt and ...

Easter Island, a remote territory of Chile, is renowned for its iconic moai statues and breathtaking landscapes. The nearest mainland city is Santiago, approximately 2,300 miles (3,700 km) away, with ...

There are two active volcanoes in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, but Kilauea is the real "must-see." A 4,000-foot-tall mountain, Kilauea has been active since Jan. 3, 1983.

Easter is one of the most important dates in the Christian calendar, and it’s also a major secular holiday, too. For Christians, Easter is the day of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus ...

“While not quite on a par with the seismic Led Zeppelin reunion of 2008 or the Moai Statues being reunited with Easter Island,” says Gale, “Collin reuniting with Luke and me is nevertheless a red ...

In his new Netflix series, Graham Hancock suggested that the Easter Island heads were built by his long-lost ancient civilization. But archaeologists have disagreed.

Hancock estimates that the statues on Easter Island, known as Moai heads, are likely much older than the platforms, called Ahu Vinapu, on which many of them sit because the structures exhibit ...

For now, let us focus on the statues. What happened to the people of Easter Island will have to wait for another time. The massive statues, called moai, of Rapa Nui are some of the world’s great ...

A 'ghost' island that suddenly appeared in the Caspian Sea in early 2023 is playing a centuries-long game of peekaboo with scientists, and it's about to vanish once again – if it hasn't already ...