Eyes of the Deep

The bigeye tuna’s powerful life beneath the surface In the open ocean—where light thins quickly and distances are measured in […]

Recording a Living Culture

Early Encounters That Documented Maldivian Society When the first scientific expeditions reached the Maldives at the dawn of the twentieth

How Maldivian words shaped the science of coral reefs Long before scientists began charting the Maldives, the reefs already had

For centuries, the Maldives have been portrayed as remote—tiny islands scattered across an endless sea. History tells a different story.

Across the coral ramparts and shadowed drop-offs of the Indo–West Pacific, few reef predators command the same quiet authority as

Moving in quiet schools across the shallow reefs of the Maldives, the goldlined rabbitfish is a study in subtle beauty

As daylight fades on a Maldivian reef, the reef’s daytime residents retreat into crevices and coral branches. From the sandy

At first, it looks like a mistake. A spill. A pale tangle of noodles strewn across the sand at the