Map the giants: Press & News

Giant Goniopora from Faafu AtollTechnology is an incredible tool to communicate science and reach a wide audience. During a short expedition in the Maldives, in Faafu Atoll where MaRHE Center is located, the Map the Giants team located a few giants. Amongst these, a giant Goniopora sp. measuring almost 30m in perimeter...

Another giant from our partners Global Reef , a new giant 𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 sitting at a depth of 7m and measuring 6.8m x 2.8m. Here we also provide a close up of its truly beautiful coral polyps. These species seem to grow very slowly making even the smallest of...

A huge news. Map the Giants continues to uncover unique, invaluable coral colonies through the help of citizen scientists. Amid this global coral reef crisis, it is heartwarming to still discover giant coral colonies in our ocean. Map the Giants is once again proving that Nature can truly be...

Sometimes submissions contain few, yet key information. It may happen that divers discover a giant coral colony during a dive in a location they only visit once. The data they provide are anyways valuable for our database. Visual estimation, might not be precise, but multiple photos of the colony...

Drone videos are a great tool to identify giant coral colonies as they allow to cover a wide area in a relatively short time. This technique allows to explore shallow waters, and marine biologist Olivia Forster and her team at The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Island have been able to...

🌊 One of the key goals of MapTheGiants is to raise awareness about the value and delicate fragility of coral reef ecosystems, with a special focus on ancient, centennial coral colonies. It was truly a pleasure to connect with so many passionate individuals at Meet Me Tonight 2024 to...

Map the Giants is expanding its reach 🌍. Here is an interesting discovery from the Red Sea. A giant 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 sp. that seems to have broken off from its base and now rests at a depth of 9.5 meters. It was measured using an underwater tape, revealing it to...

🪸 📣Here comes a giant all the way from 🇹🇭 Thailand, thanks to our partner @global_reef , who has been supporting us over the past few months. The area where they operate appears to harbor quite a few of these incredible creatures, and their efforts in monitoring them have been remarkable....

All the way from Malaysia comes a report of a giant micro-atoll. These are circular coral colonies that are dead on top but continue to grow around the perimeter. This typically occurs when a coral colony begins growing in relatively shallow water. Upon reaching the surface, the upper part...