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On the evening of August 6th, 2020, CRF™ divers witnessed the youngest nursery-raised and outplanted staghorn corals to spawn in the wild Outplanted staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) spawning on Florida’s […]

On the evening of August 5th, 2020, a team from University of Miami, supporting NOAA-led research, observed outplanted elkhorn coral spawning on the Florida Reef Tract. Outplanted elkhorn coral (Acropora […]

This new study will include spawning data from the youngest staghorn outplants ever observed to reach sexual maturity. Staghorn polyps just seconds after releasing gamete bundles. © Dan Burdeno/Coral Restoration […]

On June 24th, 2020, scientists from Mote Marine Lab, Nova Southeastern University, University of Miami, and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) met at Coral Restoration Foundation™ headquarters to […]

by Alexander Neufeld Special Projects Coordinator, Coral Restoration Foundation™ So far, community response to FKNMS’s Restoration Blueprint has been divided. At the recent community forum I attended, the loudest voices […]

At a press conference in Key Largo, Florida, today, NOAA, Coral Restoration Foundation™, and other partners announced a groundbreaking reef restoration effort – “Mission: Iconic Reefs” is a collaborative mission […]

Hurricanes, coral bleaching, disease, and heavy recreational use have led to a catastrophic decline in our coral reefs. Without corals, there would be no fish, no lobster, no turtles, and […]

A key Coral Restoration Foundation™ restoration site, Pickles Reef, has been severely damaged by an anchor drag and drop, leaving well-established elkhorn corals fractured at their bases and scattered over […]

NOAA has officially awarded Coral Restoration Foundation™ a grant of $2,575,016 as part of a new, cooperative, three-year agreement. Coral Restoration Foundation™ (CRF™) manages the world’s largest coral restoration effort. […]

Coral Restoration Foundation™ is announcing a huge milestone in the fight to restore and save the world’s third largest barrier reef: as of July, 2019 we have officially returned 100,000 […]

Next week, corals grown by Coral Restoration Foundation™ will be the focus of a crucial collaborative effort to help save our rapidly disappearing coral reefs. Corals reproduce sexually by “spawning” […]

With support from the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), we have begun to experiment with novel outplanting techniques for the staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, that would allow the organization […]

Coral Restoration Foundation™ and Tinsley Advertising have teamed up to create an eye-catching film to run on Broadway, in Times Square. Based on the famous “this is your brain on […]

How do you train astronauts and their crews to work in the bizarre conditions of outer space and on other planets? By sending them on missions to the bottom of […]

The Coral Restoration Foundation™ has been eagerly awaiting our first boulder coral update of 2019 – Are the boulder corals healthy? Have they grown? Take a deep breath, we have […]

This week, over 3,000 unique genotype corals, reared at the Florida Aquarium from eggs and sperm collected from corals in the Coral Restoration Foundation™ Coral Tree nursery, will be introduced […]

Inspiring Solutions to Save Coral Reefs Launched at International Gathering of Global Leaders in Coral Reef Restoration The first global conference addressing coral reef restoration and intervention science took place […]

Coral Restoration Foundation™ teamed up with REEF’s volunteers, who are also experts in reef fish ID, to survey the Tavernier Coral Tree™ Nursery. The final count is in and 103 different […]