Renton, of his alleged captivity on a South Sea Island. Subsequently Mr. John Esson, of Bayfield, Canada, who claims to be a native of Orkney and to personally know Renton's father, a tailor in ...

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 ...

Stealthy, solitary and elusive–this lizard, endemic to the Tongan Islands of the South Pacific–was rumored to have special powers by native Tongans. It was said that, when a tribesman spotted ...