This story appears in the July 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... size isn't unusual for the Maldives, a collection of 1,192 tiny islands clumped in 26 atolls encompassed by the ...

Visitors who don't want to hop on another plane after a long journey to the Maldives often pick resorts or guesthouses in North Malé Atoll because they know it's a quick speedboat ride to their ...

Surrounded by crystal-clear waters teeming with an incredibly diverse marine life and extensive coral reefs, the 26 atolls of the Maldives easily lay claim to being one of the world’s best scuba ...

This story appears in the November 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine ... is widespread on the atolls most at risk from rising seas: Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Tokelau, and ...

Imagine a place with 26 atolls and over a thousand islands. That's the Maldives for you! Each island tells a different tale - ...