#FieldUpdateFriday is here! July and August brought new growth beneath the waves: 6,389 corals were propagated across all species and sites. 🌊 Our team is closely monitoring bleaching at both the Key West and Tavernier nurseries. With our bleaching response plan on standby, we’re ready to act to safeguard this progress. Photo: Alex Neufeld for Coral Restoration Foundation™ #CoralRestoration #OceanConservation #MarineScience #ReefResilience #ProtectWhatYouLove
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Sep 12, 2025Instagram
A school of fish... but wait 👀🐟🦈 Every creature on the reef matters, from the tiniest fish to the apex predators. We’re working every day to restore reefs so these animals can continue to thrive. Video: Coral Restoration Foundation™ #CoralRestoration #MarineScience #OceanStewards #ReefResilience #Sharks #CoralReefs
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Sep 10, 2025Instagram
This summer, CRF St. Croix welcomed youth programs to learn hands-on coral restoration: �• @seascopeinc student diver cleaned coral trees and propagated elkhorn coral.� • @jrscientists student shadowed our team in the nursery.� • @uvi_edu Youth Ocean Explorers fragged boulder corals and hung elkhorn fragments in our nursery. Seeing these students connect with the reef reminds us why this work matters!� Photos: Coral Restoration Foundation™ #CoralRestoration #ReefResilience #MarineScience #YouthInScience
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Sep 10, 2025Instagram
Spawning isn’t the only way corals can create new life. 🪸� Many, like Acroporids, can also reproduce asexually, creating clones of themselves through fragmentation. On a recent dive at Pickles Reef, we showed our program participants outplants placed here earlier this year. These fragments, once part of nursery-grown corals, are now thriving and helping rebuild the reef. One fragment at a time, we’re restoring a future for these reefs. Photo: Ashley Zeitchick for Coral Restoration Foundation™ �#CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #Scuba #CoralReef #CoralGrowth #FloridaKeys #Photomosaic #Science #Environment #Impact #ProtectWhatYouLove #DoWhatYouLove #ReefBuilders #SaveTheReef #Reef #OceanStewards #MarineScience #Coral #Passion #OceanRescue #Rescue #ChooseYourChange #ReefRestoration #CoralReefs #ClimateChange #Conservation
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Sep 8, 2025Instagram
As this year’s spawning season comes to a close, we are deeply grateful. From the divers and teams who worked night after night to our collaborators who advanced groundbreaking research, thank you. These moments hold the beginnings of future reefs. Photo: Granger Eltringham for Coral Restoration Foundation™� #CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #Scuba #CoralReef #CoralGrowth #FloridaKeys #Photomosaic #Science #Environment #Impact #ProtectWhatYouLove #DoWhatYouLove #ReefBuilders #SaveTheReef #Reef #OceanStewards #MarineScience #Coral #Passion #OceanRescue #Rescue #ChooseYourChange #ReefRestoration #CoralReefs #ClimateChange #Conservation
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Sep 6, 2025Instagram
Coral spawning is full of fascinating details 🌙🐠� There’s so much to discover about how reefs reproduce! How many of these did you already know?� Graphics: Chelsea Co for Coral Restoration Foundation™ #CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #Scuba #CoralReef
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Sep 3, 2025Instagram
A small upgrade that makes a big difference! We’ve begun replacing all Styrofoam floats in our coral nurseries with new Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) floats. These eco-friendlier floats resist water absorption, flaking, and deformation, meaning they last longer and require fewer replacements. We are on track to have every nursery fully converted by the end of 2025. Video: Ashley Zeitchick and Chelsea Co for Coral Restoration Foundation™ #CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #Scuba #CoralReef #CoralGrowth #FloridaKeys
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Sep 3, 2025Instagram
This year, we introduced A-frame structures with settlement tiles in our nursery, giving coral larvae a place to settle and grow. It’s a step toward completing the full coral life cycle in situ and strengthening reef restoration.� Have you ever thought about corals as animals with such intricate life cycles?� Photos: Granger Eltringham for Coral Restoration Foundation™� #CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #Scuba #CoralReef #CoralGrowth #FloridaKeys #Photomosaic #Science #Environment #Impact #ProtectWhatYouLove #DoWhatYouLove #ReefBuilders #SaveTheReef #Reef #OceanStewards #MarineScience #Coral #Passion #OceanRescue #Rescue #ChooseYourChange #ReefRestoration #CoralReefs #ClimateChange #Conservation
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Sep 1, 2025Instagram
A single vial, thousands of possibilities.� Collected during this year’s spawning in our Tavernier Nursery, these gametes help safeguard coral genetic diversity and strengthen reef restoration for the future. They represent hope for Florida’s Coral Reef in a changing ocean. 📸: Ashley Zeitchick for Coral Restoration Foundation™� #CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #Scuba #CoralReef #CoralGrowth #FloridaKeys #Photomosaic #Science #Environment #Impact #ProtectWhatYouLove #DoWhatYouLove #ReefBuilders #SaveTheReef #Reef #OceanStewards #MarineScience #Coral #Passion #OceanRescue #Rescue #ChooseYourChange #ReefRestoration #CoralReefs #ClimateChange #Conservation
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Aug 30, 2025Instagram
This spawning season, Coral Restoration Foundation™ and @shedd_aquarium worked side by side during one of the most exciting spawning events in years. With Shedd Aquarium’s research vessel, Coral Reef II moored at our Tavernier Nursery — the largest open-ocean coral nursery in the world — tens of thousands of coral larvae powered groundbreaking research into resilience and adaptability. From stem cell transplants to heat-tolerant algae inoculations, each experiment demonstrates how collaboration is the key to unlocking solutions to help corals survive in our warming oceans. Video by: Granger Eltringham, Ashley Zeitchick and Chelsea Co for Coral Restoration Foundation™ #CoralRestoration #MarineScience #Collaboration #Conservation #coralreefs
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Aug 28, 2025Instagram
During spawning, corals release thousands of tiny gamete bundles into the water. In our Tavernier Nursery, scad fish gathered quickly to feed on this seasonal buffet. It is a reminder that spawning fuels not only coral reproduction but the reef ecosystem as a whole. Photo: Granger Eltringham for Coral Restoration Foundation™ #CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #Scuba #CoralReef #CoralGrowth #FloridaKeys #Photomosaic #Science #Environment #Impact #ProtectWhatYouLove #DoWhatYouLove #ReefBuilders #SaveTheReef #Reef #OceanStewards #MarineScience #Coral #Passion #OceanRescue #Rescue #ChooseYourChange #ReefRestoration #CoralReefs #ClimateChange #Conservation
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Aug 27, 2025Instagram
Before the big event was the quiet signal: “setting.” Divers watched closely as tiny bulges appear at the coral’s polyps, the first sign that spawning is about to begin. These moments guide our teams, letting us know when to prepare for the release of gametes that will carry the next generation of reefs. Photos: Granger Eltringham for Coral Restoration Foundation™� #CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #Scuba #CoralReef #CoralGrowth #FloridaKeys #Photomosaic #Science #Environment #Impact #ProtectWhatYouLove #DoWhatYouLove #ReefBuilders #SaveTheReef #Reef #OceanStewards #MarineScience #Coral #Passion #OceanRescue #Rescue #ChooseYourChange #ReefRestoration #CoralReefs #ClimateChange #Conservation
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Aug 26, 2025Instagram
Spawning at Horseshoe Reef! CRF staff members and our collaborators collected and reared wild spawn from Orbicella faveolata colonies. Since 2015, CRF™ has outplanted more than 8,000 corals across seven species here, including 2,894 this year alone. Every new coral strengthens the foundation for a healthier reef. Photos: Phanor Montoya-Maya for Coral Restoration Foundation™ #CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #Scuba #CoralReef #CoralGrowth #FloridaKeys #Photomosaic #Science #Environment #Impact #ProtectWhatYouLove #DoWhatYouLove #ReefBuilders #SaveTheReef #Reef #OceanStewards #MarineScience #Coral #Passion #OceanRescue #Rescue #ChooseYourChange #ReefRestoration #CoralReefs #ClimateChange #Conservation
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Aug 25, 2025Instagram
The wonder of coral spawning up close ✨ Photos: Granger Eltringham for Coral Restoration Foundation™ #CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #Scuba #CoralReef #CoralGrowth #FloridaKeys #Photomosaic #Science #Environment #Impact #ProtectWhatYouLove #DoWhatYouLove #ReefBuilders #SaveTheReef #Reef #OceanStewards #MarineScience #Coral #Passion #OceanRescue #Rescue #ChooseYourChange #ReefRestoration #CoralReefs #ClimateChange #Conservation
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Aug 23, 2025Instagram
This year’s spawning season was incredible, and we are honored to highlight one of our long-term collaborators in spawning research, @southeastzooalliance for Reproduction & Conservation (SEZARC). Since 2017, CRF™ and SEZARC have been working side by side to safeguard coral genetic material for future restoration and research. This year, SEZARC successfully cryopreserved gametes from 10 new genotypes of our staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis). Every preserved genotype is a safeguard for biodiversity and a reason to have hope for the future of Florida’s coral reefs. Photos: Granger Eltringham for Coral Restoration Foundation™ #CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #Scuba #CoralReef #CoralGrowth #FloridaKeys #Photomosaic #Science #Environment #Impact #ProtectWhatYouLove #DoWhatYouLove #ReefBuilders #SaveTheReef #Reef #OceanStewards #MarineScience #Coral #Passion #OceanRescue #Rescue #ChooseYourChange #ReefRestoration #CoralReefs #ClimateChange #Conservation
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Aug 22, 2025Instagram
This year’s spawning inspired hope for the future of Florida’s reefs! At our Tavernier Nursery, 27 staghorn and one elkhorn genet successfully spawned. We are so excited to have collaborated with some truly incredible organizations this year. Together, we are shaping the future of coral restoration and we can't wait to share more details about our innovative work soon — stay tuned! Photos: Granger Eltringham and Ashley Zeitchick for Coral Restoration Foundation™ #CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #Scuba #CoralReef #CoralGrowth #FloridaKeys #Photomosaic #Science #Environment #Impact #ProtectWhatYouLove #DoWhatYouLove #ReefBuilders #SaveTheReef #Reef #OceanStewards #MarineScience #Coral #Passion #OceanRescue #Rescue #ChooseYourChange #ReefRestoration #CoralReefs #ClimateChange #Conservation
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Aug 21, 2025Instagram
What an unforgettable Spawning Week! Huge thanks to @miamiherald for capturing the magic and the mission behind it all. If you’ve ever wondered what coral restoration looks like during this incredible natural event, don’t miss this amazing article! #CoralRestoration #MarineConservation #Diving #MarineBiology #ReefResilience #CoralReef #CoralGrowth #FloridaKeys #Photomosaic #Science #Environment #Impact #ProtectWhatYouLove #DoWhatYouLove #ReefBuilders #SaveTheReef #Reef #OceanStewards #MarineScience #Coral #Passion #OceanRescue #Rescue #ChooseYourChange #ReefRestoration #CoralReefs #ClimateChange #Conservation 🔗 You can read the full story at the link in our bio ✍️/📹: @ashleymiznazi 📹: @coralrestorationfoundation (Spawning footage)
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