While Europeans eventually discovered the impressive moai statues for which the Rapa Nui are best known, they also stumbled ...

The online model lets researchers and anyone with an internet connection explore areas that the island’s 100,000 annual ...

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.

Recent analysis of ancient sediments on Easter Island has challenged the long-held belief that the island’s society collapsed due to overexploitation of resources, a theory known as ‘ecocide’. Instead ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Ancient wolves lived with people on tiny Baltic island. Their bones show shared food and long contact that hints at early wolf management.

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GAVOI, SARDINIA — On the staircase to the mayor’s office of Gavoi, a screen projects the daily count of energy production and carbon emissions reduction from the solar panels that adorn the municipal ...

GAVOI, SARDINIA — On the staircase to the mayor’s office of Gavoi, a screen projects the daily count of energy production and carbon emissions reduction from the solar panels that adorn the municipal ...