Anakena is far and away the most significant beach on Easter Island. However, nearby Ovahe Beach is also worth a quick look. A small caldera (that appears as a grassy hill) separates Anakena from ...

Despite being thousands of miles from the nearest inhabitable island, Easter Island was visited several times before the ...

The Easter sunrise service at Jones Beach is an annual tradition organized by the Long Island Council of Churches. This year, the service was led by the Rev. Janice Moore, who is the pastor at the ...

A new study suggests that the island of Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island, didn’t develop in the extreme manner of ...

Linguists estimate Easter Island's first inhabitants arrived around AD 400, and most agree that they came from East Polynesia. The archaeological record suggests a somewhat later date of ...

Families across the country celebrated Easter, but few had a view as spectacular as those on Marco Island. The community gathered for the 35th Annual Sunrise Service on the beach, a cherished ...

The world's most remote island, where moai stand and stare at the stars, will experience an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024. For one eclipse-chaser, it's unmissable.