This different species had only been described from a single juvenile fish found 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) south of the Maldives in the Chagos Archipelago. Wrasses, a family of largely bright ...

"That's when we decided that the species from the Maldives was new and different from C. rubrisquamis." In honor of the fish's blush tones, researchers gave it the name finifenmaa, which means ...

Off the Rasdhoo Atoll in the Maldives, a new species tried to hide from diving researchers. Maahid Photos via Unsplash Off the coast of the Maldives, the coral reef “twilight zone” is buzzing ...

I also learned that 75% of the world’s reef fish flourish in the waters of the Maldives. With more than 1,100 fish species in the Indian Ocean, marine life in the Maldives is prolific.

Since 2017, the project has deployed 10 experiments in the Maldives, testing different materials ... China is the world's top fish consumer and is spending billions on technology designed to ...