The boat, known as a waka, was unearthed in the Chatham Islands. Researchers say it could be one of the most significant ...

Sails made of matting drove this ancient forerunner of the modern catamaran swiftly through the seas, and long steering paddles enabled Polynesian mariners to keep it sailing on course.

A California federal jury said on Monday that Disney's hit film "Moana" did not infringe an artist's copyrights related to ...

Polynesian voyaging canoe, Hōkūleʻa is turning 50 years old this Saturday. On March 8, 1975, Hawai’i’s first long-distance ...

New genetic research shows that there was mingling between ancient native peoples from Polynesia and South America, revealing a single episode of interbreeding roughly 800 years ago after an epic ...

The population of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, interbred with Native Americans before Europeans arrived, despite ...