The Polynesian islands that span the southern part of the Pacific Ocean—the eastern most of which is Rapa Nui, or Easter Island—were initially settled by a wave of migration from Asia. It’s been less ...

The science is indisputable; the small low-lying South-Pacific nation of Kiribati will ... plan was to build a man-made floating island that could house as many as 50,000 people.

Known for its mysterious stone Moai statues, Easter Island has a somewhat enigmatic history, largely due to the fact that ...

This is February 15, John Frum Day, on the remote island of Tanna in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. On this holiest of days, devotees have descended on the village of Lamakara from all over ...

By Asher Elbein For decades, the native iguanas of Fiji and Tonga ... of reptilian transplants have ended up on two islands in the South Pacific, over 4,970 miles away? “The question has ...

The nation made up of three tropical coral islands and home 1,500 people on a combined land area of 4 square miles (10 sq. km ...

And in 2020, according to documents obtained by Insider, the Google cofounder added a plot in the South Pacific: Tavarua Island in Fiji's Mamanuca region. Business Insider's Discourse stories ...