Over a 16-month period, divers, underwater submersibles and remotely operated vehicles found 886 marine species that have all ...

such as snorkelling with whale sharks or giant manta rays in certain parts of the islands. Image credit: Baros Maldives The formations made by the more than 200 species of coral give the ...

Some species are predatory, while others act as parasites, researchers said, depending on where the animals spend their lives. The Tzetlin polychaete was caught in the south Maldives, part of an ...

Alex Mustard For a reef manta ray like this one swooping in the Indian Ocean near the Maldives, motion is life. Like many shark species, a manta ray must constantly move to avoid sinking and to ...