An alternative to dredging aims to capture moving sand to protect the archipelago from erosion and rising seas.

Many resorts and hotels in the country have also made concerted efforts to follow more sustainable practices, incorporating ...

When Vincent Gan and 11 fellow anglers reeled in fish worth thousands of ringgit during a fishing trip in the Maldives, their ...

Forget Miami Beach and Mexico — if you want to swim with massive, magnificent, mysterious mobulids (the fish family that ...

Pole-and-line fishing is one of only a dozen legal fishing practices in the Maldives. “We take one fish at a time and we only take the target species,” explains Dr M. Shiham Adam, director of ...

I was on a boat in the middle of the Indian Ocean, about to taste real life in the Maldives. A crew of fishermen from Sun Siyam Iru Veli, located in the Dhaalu Atoll, set up the fishing lines.

Beneath the Maldives azure waters is an underwater world absolutely teeming with life. With its colourful coral reefs, turtles, whale sharks and sites suitable for snorkellers and divers of all ...

Desert Island Survival is inviting adventurers to trade cocktails for campfires on an expedition that showcases the wild side ...

These massive fish (the wingspans of Maldives mantas can reach 12 feet) are dynamic filter feeders, shoveling their shoe-box mouths through krill like threshers through wheat, inhaling prey.

Tuna, wahoo and mahi mahi are a few of the local types of fish you can expect to find on menus in the Maldives. Other popular dishes include hedika (a kind of Maldivian tapas featuring savory ...