A 2010 blanket ban on shark fishing in the Maldives doesn’t enjoy support from artisanal reef fishers, a new study suggests. Many fishers blamed sharks for stealing their catches, eating into ...

The Maldives news reports state that the reef sharks have always been gentle and avoid tourists. Now, the Maldives government is planning to be more careful and is reportedly planning to move the ...

The most frequently spotted sharks you will encounter in the Maldives, particularly the blacktip and whitetip reef sharks, are gentle and shy and are usually seen gliding through reef without ...

A short stay in Sun Siyam Vilu Reef in the Maldives finally showed ... more than a good chance of coming face to face with a whale shark. Jet skis can be rented as well as flippers and masks ...

A marine biologist based in the Maldives has shared footage showing blacktip reef sharks attacking a stingray in a rarely observed “mob-hunting” event. Kate Sheridan captured the accompanying ...

according to Samudra Maldives. These include scalloped hammerhead sharks, tiger sharks, whale sharks, and grey reef sharks - it is not immediately clear which species of shark appeared in the footage.

Divers swimming off the coast of Fuvahmulah, an island in the Maldives ... sharks, so they were expected," Hadrien Foucher, a scuba instructor, said. The sharks usually stay close to a nearby ...

the shallow waters of the Maldives become a clear, see-through surface,” said Albi in the release. “These are also the moments when we best observe the interactions between reef sharks and ...