There is no evidence he photographed Alice Liddell in this way, however, and Potter himself told The New York Times in 1985 that he didn’t believe there was ever any improper behavior. Repressed ...

Carl Lipo receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society. Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The ...

Rapa Nui today inaugurated the Rapa Nui Heritage Summit 2025, an international gathering which, from 24 to 26 November 2025, brings to the island Indigenous leaders, national authorities, heritage ...

When Polynesian explorers landed on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, around 1200 C.E., they found nearly 20 million palm trees; by the time Dutch explorers arrived in 1722, they found only ...

Dr. Lipo explained why the Rapa Nui palms were especially susceptible to rat predation: "Palm nuts were highly vulnerable for several reasons. Jubaea chilensis, the palm species on Rapa Nui, produces ...

A new study led by researchers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory offers the clearest evidence yet that a centuries-long drought transformed life on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) beginning around the ...

Easter Island statues, traditionally known as moai on the remote island of Rapa Nui in the South Pacific, are some of the most impressive artifacts of ancient Polynesian civilization. How the statues ...

A medical event caused him to veer off the right side of the road. The vehicle struck a ditch and then a tree. County sells historic OTR building for residential conversion The 1878 building will be ...