MORE: 'GMA' gets 1st look at new moai statue found on Easter Island “The plastic is going to float and then with this tool you are going to take [it out of the water],” said Burns. “And so ...

Easter Island, home to about 6,000 people, faces water scarcity, and this influx of travelers placed a "huge burden" on the land, CNN said in 2019. To prevent a covid catastrophe, ...

One of the mysteries of Easter Island's moai statues is why islanders dragged them to the coast. Now, scientists think they may be markers for hidden water sources.

Tune into "GMA" at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, and Thursday, March 2, to see Michael Strahan live from Easter Island.

The statue “is in good condition, it has wear from time, erosion, water, ... In 2019, it was renamed “Rapa Nui-Easter Island” from its previous name of Easter Island.

Nearly 1,000 mysterious, monolithic moai statues have been drawing visitors to Easter Island—a 63-square-mile speck in the ocean, 2,100 miles from continental Chile—for more than a century.