The Reef Institute

Have you ever seen a coral eat? This Reef Institute resident Montastraea cavernosa (MCav), also known as a Great Star Coral, is shown extending its tentacles to grab some food at feeding time.

Check out the official trailer for "With and Without: A Coral Story", featuring The Reef Institute, among many other renowned organizations & institutions. This documentary will play a pivotal role in raising awareness for coral in the Caribbean! youtube.com/watch?v=lT84WZ…

Meet Charis Peterson, our new Coral Liaison! Charis is a marine conservationist who grew up in Michigan where her curiosity for the underwater world started in the local rivers and lakes. She always had a passion for marine biology. Learn more here: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Join us in officially welcoming our new Lead Coral Scientist, Chad Scott! In 2006, he traveled to Thailand for a university project where he immediately fell in love with the ocean and decided to dedicate his life to protecting it. Learn more here: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Did you know? An unprecedented coral disease event has ravaged Florida’s reefs since 2014, causing mortality in more than 20 Caribbean coral species. The disease is known as Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD). Learn more at the link below! linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Excited to reintroduce ourselves and our team here at The Reef Institute! Let's start with our Executive Director, Leneita Fix. Learn more about Leneita by using the link below! linkedin.com/posts/the-reef…

Shop small and help support Coral Conservation with @ReefInstituteFL

We had so much fun taking over the @TropicSport_ Instagram today! Head on over and check it out!

Think of yourself as a part of the natural world and not just the human world.

It’s a beautiful morning to preserve stony coral species and restore our reefs! 💙 In this rescue tank we have boulder brain coral, star coral, maze coral, golfball coral, and more! Visit reefinstitute.org to donate or learn more information about what we do!

RT if you think our rescue coral is beautiful! These colonies won’t return to the wild, however they will provide the opportunity for amazing research to be done that will aid in saving and restoring our Florida coral! #TheReefInstitute #FloridaCoral #SaveTheCoralSaveTheCoast

The joy of being a scientist and explorer is you do what children do. You ask questions like: Who? What? Why? When? Where? How? And you never stop, and you never cease being surprised. It’s just impossible to be bored.

A great day out at our monitoring station checking on our living coral colonies. Looking strong and healthy!

Work. @ReefInstituteFL

Proud to be working with photographer James Ferrara to capture the beauty of our Florida stony coral rescued from endemic zones affected by #StonyCoralTissueLossDisease. #SaveTheCoralSaveTheCoast

Grab a drink and join The Reef Institute and Zero Goods for an IG live info session to kick off Zero Good’s “Sustainable Sips” series! Cora and I will be chatting all things Florida coral and sustainability as we head into the summer. 🌍🌊 6pm on IG live with @ Shop_zerogoods

We’re back on Twitter! Join us this evening on IG live at 6pm- Our Education Director and Awareness Campaign Coordinator @theMobee will be sharing all about who we are and what we do in a series kick off with @ Shop_ZeroGoods (IG handle). See you there! #SaveTheCoralSaveTheCoast

Everyone says, "Pick Me!" this giving Tuesday! So today at the Reef Institute we proudly say, "PICK CORAL!" Today we launch our "Grow A Coral.. Save A Reef" Campaign. Meet our coral celebrities, get some swag and together #WESAVETHEOCEAN! reefinstitute.org/new-page

Our rescued corals are having a grand old time hanging out in the nursery. They spend their days lounging, growing, and glowing. We love watching them peacefully remind us that to save them is to save the ocean. #wesavetheocean #coralconservation #marinescience #coral #ocean