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Once a year, at the end of summer, lunar and environmental cues trigger staghorn and elkhorn corals on Florida’s Reef to reproduce through broadcast spawning, releasing buoyant bundles of eggs […]

FLORIDA KEYS, August 2025 — Eight leading institutions have converged in the Florida Keys to undertake cutting-edge research to address the most urgent challenge in marine science: how to help […]

Coral Restoration Foundation™ (CRF) and the Florida Coral Rescue Center (FCRC), alongside key conservation collaborators, recently released approximately 200,000 grooved brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis) larvae into the wild near North […]

What if the best tools for saving coral reefs weren’t locked behind paywalls or technical expertise? What if a diver in a small island nation could analyze their reefs with […]

Alex Neufeld, Science Program Manager at CRF™, represented the organization’s mission and work at the 7th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) in Cape Town, South Africa, held from October 13–18. Organized […]

As Florida’s summer approaches its climax, Florida’s coral reefs are nearing their own pivotal moment: the annual coral spawn. This spectacular mass reproduction event can be observed just after the full […]

This month, Talking Science delves a little deeper into the science behind coral bleaching and shares some early insights into this year’s spawning event. BACKGROUND ON BLEACHING Corals are unique […]

CONDUCTING TRAININGS IN CRF™ PHOTOMOSAIC METHODS Coral reef restoration is an emerging conservation strategy with Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) at the helm of innovative, large-scale techniques. Finding the right outplanting […]

Revolutionary Coral Restoration Technique: How CRF™ Collaborates to Save Florida’s Reefs from Extinction Corals, like all living things, have a unique genetic code, their DNA. These are the instructions for […]

Recent analyses conducted on past coral outplants at Horseshoe Reef in Upper Key Largo are showing great results! Using photomosaic technology, Coral Restoration Foundation™ has watched our Acroporids—our staghorn and […]

January, February, March At the end of 2021, CRF™ wrapped up a collaboration with Dr. Joe Henry after four years of hard work! In 2017 and 2018, we collected egg […]

SNP SEQUENCING BASELINE DEVELOPMENT: ROUND 2! At Coral Restoration Foundation we work with over 20 different species of hard corals, all ranging in shape and size! Staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and […]

CRF™ AMONG THE LEADING EXPERTS IN PHOTOMOSAIC PANEL AT REEF FUTURES 2022 The world’s leading coral scientists came together at Reef Futures this past September to share the latest developments […]

CORALS DONATE THEIR BODIES TO SCIENCE! SNP SEQUENCING BASELINE DEVELOPMENT At Coral Restoration Foundation we work with over 20 different species of hard corals, all ranging in shape and size! […]

CRF™ SCIENCE PROGRAM 101 Coral Restoration Foundation™ is a science-centered organization, at the forefront of the world’s coral restoration community. Research and innovation are at the heart of all we […]

CRF™ CORALS SPAWN IN THE WILD AND NURSERIES MULTIPLE NIGHTS IN A ROW Coral Restoration Foundation™ nurseries and restoration sites are living laboratories for coral research, and this year during […]

COULD CORALS HAVE A “HEAT MEMORY”? A CRF™ SUPPORTED RESEARCH STUDY ASKS Coral Restoration Foundation™ is a science-centered organization, at the forefront of the world’s coral restoration community. Our nurseries […]