Map the giants: Press & News

🪸 A giant and healthy Porites cylindrica coral colony was discovered in the lagoon of @makunuduisland. The biology team, with the help of the diving team managed to take and record measurements 📐: it turned out this remarkable coral has a perimeter of 23 meters and a diameter of...

𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 🪸 We found this massive Porites — 23.5 meters around — during a recent exploration in the central-north  Maldives (Goidhoo). Sitting just 5.5m deep, it’s a living fortress of resilience. The coral has also been reconstructed through SfM photogrammetry and morphological metrics been extracted....

𝗔 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝙂𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗞𝗼𝗱𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘂, 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 A very large 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 was located in the lagoon of the resort in the Maldives. The colony was measured by the team of marine biologists and was recorded to have a perimeter of 94 meters and a length...

A large 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 sp. from Baa Atoll thanks to Coco Cares and the marine team at Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu . The colony, columnar in growth form, extends for 6.9m in its longest side. In the photo, marine intern @bea_crostella_bea is freediving next to this giant.  

🪸 A deeper giant from the Maldives 🇲🇻 Many of the giants we have reported so far were found in the shallower portion of the reefs, this 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 sp. was found at 22m of depth in Faafu Atoll, in the Maldives. Although it is not particularly extended in height,...

Who said sandy lagoons are lifeless? 🌊👀 We stumbled upon this giant Pavona sp. coral—54 meters in perimeter!—in a spot with barely any coral cover. Even in murky waters, nature finds a way! While part of it showed some damage, the rest of the colony looked impressively healthy. Proof...