Beyond the physical tests, the Tau’a Rapa Nui triathlon warms the heart as a celebration of community and heritage. Indeed, ...

Don’t try to navigate the American Museum of Natural History without a game plan. It’s huge and one of New York’s most popular attractions for families. I’ve visited as a child and taken my kids many ...

The natives called it Mata-ki-te-Ragi, which from the Rapa Nui language can be translated as “Eyes looking ... The feathered world is represented by twenty-five species of sea birds and six land birds ...

Is there a more enigmatic island than Rapa Nui (Easter Island), deforested and depopulated and studded with giant stone statues? We know it transformed from palm-clad to treeless within a few ...

A new report on the state of birds in the United States has an urgent warning: bird populations across nearly every habitat are declining, with about one-third of U.S. bird species in critical ...

It inspired other Pacific Island communities to revive or newly appreciate their own wayfinding traditions. In Rapa Nui, Chile — also known as Easter Island — islanders have embarked on long-distance ...

"It’s dangerous for human beings to vaccinate the birds," the health secretary said John Parra/Getty; Getty Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the worsening avian flu crisis, saying vaccinating ...

When we think of islands, images like swaying palm trees, white sand, and beautiful oceans come to our mind. But are all ...