Discover Magazine on MSN

The Real Culprit Behind Easter Island’s Lost Forest Isn't Humans — It's Millions of Hungry Rats

Learn how rats, originally brought over to Easter Island as a food source, are partially to blame for the destruction of palm forests on Rapa Nui.

Did the Giant Heads of Easter Island Once Walk?

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one ...