WHERE THE CRYSTALLINE turquoise of the Maldivian lagoons meets the abrupt, bottomless indigo of the Indian Ocean, a boundary exists. It is a vertical frontier—a place where nutrient-rich currents collide

At first light, the sea around the Maldives is calm enough to mirror the sky. A wooden fishing boat drifts offshore, its crew scanning the water in silence. Then the

The air in the southern atoll of Fuvahmulah is thick with the scent of brine and sun-baked coral. Here, the geography is an anomaly—a lone emerald island rising vertically from

The Reef’s Bounty: Five Maldivian Fish Loved by Locals A photo collage highlighting five representative reef fish species from Maldivian coral reefs. The Maldives—a nation stitched together by sunlit islands