It’s not at every hotel that, after mailing a coconut (yes, you read that right), you can hop on a beach bike and ride along ...

On Rapa Iti, in French Polynesia, visitors are rare, land is collectively owned, the fishing catch is shared, and bread is ...

Penn State added three defensive tackles in the transfer portal heading into today, but now you can add another one to the list as former Utah defensive tackle Dallas Vakalahi signed with Penn State ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that ...

Sonny-Bill Williams and Joseph Parker speak in Auckland ahead of the Mānuka Phuel SBW-Paul Gallan bout. Video \ Jason Dorday Sonny Bill Williams has a lot on his mind as he gears up for the biggest ...

With no direct archaeological evidence of prehistoric boats, researchers instead analyzed tools and the remains of fish, leading to a surprising conclusion. Reading time 3 minutes The ancestors of the ...

Hancock argues that Polynesian settlers encountered a pre-existing population, evidenced by banana remains from at least 3,000 years ago. A new theory about who built the giant stone statues on Easter ...

The inspiring story of the Polynesians of Taumako. Part 1 of 2. We, The Voyagers: Our Vaka is the first of a two-part documentary that chronicles the inspiring story of the Polynesians of Taumako, a ...

Keolu Fox stands on a balcony overlooking a cloud-covered Pacific Ocean on the edge of the UC San Diego campus. He said he is blessed to work at a university that excels in genetic research, where the ...

Rapa Nui (Easter Island) with its gigantic statues and treeless landscape has fascinated researchers for centuries. A new genetic study disproves the popular theory that the Rapanui population ...

Rapa Nui or Te Pito o Te Henua (the navel of the world), also known as Easter Island, is one of the most isolated inhabited places in the world. Located in the Pacific, it lies over 1,900 km east of ...