Here’s how it works. An underwater mountain chain off Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, hosts an "astonishing" array of deep-sea species, at least 50 of which are new to science ...

an 1800-mile-long chain of underwater mountains stretching between Easter Island—also known as Rapa Nui—and Chile. Primnoid corals observed during exploration of the Salas y Gómez Ridge (main ...

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 ...

Scientists have found a previously undiscovered moai, monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island ... are buried nearby in the once-underwater site, scientists said.

This explains the rows of extinct underwater volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean, with one or a few active ones at the end. Had the team found evidence that the mantle plume under Easter Island has ...

A deep sea expedition along an expansive underwater ridge, focused on the area around Rapa Nui (Easter Island), spotted some 160 species never found before in this remote marine realm, including ...

It rises from an underwater geological hotspot ... Global supervolcano threat rises as scientists sound the alarm ・Easter Island’s volcanoes are older than the ocean floor Debbie Kelley ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Kids hopped into the pool at the Rock Island Fitness & Activity Center (RIFAC) to get into the Easter spirit on Sunday, April 6. Even weeks ahead of the spring holiday ...

SANTIAGO, March 1 (Reuters) - Scientists have found a previously undiscovered moai on Easter Island, uncovering the ... are buried nearby in the once-underwater site, scientists said.