No fewer than four new species of zoanthids discovered in Florida waters
Colin Foord recently co-authored a peer-reviewed scientific paper on four new species of Zoanthids in Florida waters. The zoanthids were discovered by expeditions undertaken by Coral Morphologic and several of the new species are occasionally offered on the Caribbean livestock specialist Aquascapers. Recently, Coral Morphlogic spearheaded a study of the zoanthids that we’ve found while Read More
Aquascapers launches Eco-Gorgs and a whole menagerie of Caribbean reef corals
Aquascapers is a renewed, re-imagined retail outlet from Coral Morphologic with a new vision for delivering the finest selection of Caribbean corals. Not to be confused with Aquascaperz, Aquascapers is where Coral Morphologic wants you to go from now on if you’re looking for Caribbean zoanthids, ricordea, mushroom and flower anemones and a new one, Read More
Spawning flower anemone lets its gametes go for the Coral Morphologic camera
If you thought flower anemones are cool, check out the appearance of this spawning flower anemone slowly ejecting a mass of white cloudy sperm into the aquarium water. This Epicystis crucifer was getting its sexual spawning on in the lab of Coral Morphologic for 30 minutes while several other flower anemones were also observed to be Read More
Coral Rekindling Venus brings marine life to planetariums
Coral Rekindling Venus is a project to display coral reefs and marine life at planetariums, bringing the experience of marine life cinematography to a whole new level. The full-dome digital planetarium motion picture will feature a wide array of stunning videography including images contributed by Coral Morphologic, and will be projected on the fulldomes of planetariums. The Read More
Reef Builders presents Colin Foord of Coral Morphologic at ReefStock 2012 in Denver CO
We are extremely proud to announce Colin Foord as the second speaker for ReefStock 2012, alongside Tony Vargas. Colin Foord is a marine biologist and artist educated at the University of Miami and James Cook University (Australia). He is one half of the marine biological art-duo Coral Morphologic, whose mission it is to bridge the Read More
Coral Morphologic wins a grant to start painting Miami as a Coral Reef City
Throughout many parts of Miami there’s a whole lot of coral growing at the water’s edge and no one knows that better than the coral-huggers at Coral Morphologic. We’ve written extensively about Core More over the years: first with some fantastic Caribbean zoanthids, an appearance on PBS, discoing up Miami with aquarium projections, discovering new Read More
Colin Foord presents urban Acropora at TEDxMiami
We wrote in August about Coral Morphologic’s Colin Foord speaking at the prestigious TEDxMiami and we are happy to share with you his informative presentation is now available online. Foord’s unique presentation dives into finding thriving coral colonies within the city limits of Miami. Not just any coral — “delicate” Acropora coral Read More
Magical video by Coral Morphologic shows the staghorn coral tree nursery in exquisite detail
If you were intrigued by our last story on the staghorn coral tree nursery by the Coral restoration Foundation, Coral Morphologic has produced a video of what these aquaculture contraptions look like out in the field. We’re not sure how this underwater video was shot so smoothly, we have to work to do it on Read More
Coral Morphologic’s Colin Foord to speak on urban Acropora at TEDxMiami
You usually think of Acropora as being a delicate coral group, ready to die at a moment’s notice but would you believe that there are acropora growing inside Miami Florida? We’re not talking about Acros in reef tanks, we’re talking about live wild Acropora colonies growing inside the city limits of Miami and surviving all Read More
Coral Morphologic projected ‘Artificial Reef’ on prominent buildings of Miami Beach
You may know Coral Morphologic as the guys from Florida with all the crazy zoanthids and St. Thomas mushrooms but Core-More has always had a strong artistic penchant for everything they do. The latest project by Coral Morphologic was an art projection on prominent buildings of Miami Beach a week ago as well as some Read More