ABC WPLG Local 10 anchor / reporter Louis Aguirre donned a wetsuit, mask, and snorkel to visit the Coral City Camera with Colin the day after the University of Miami’s Rescue a Reef program transplanted endangered elkhorn corals alongside the staghorn corals they transplanted last year. Watch the feature above / read the story @ https://tinyurl.com/ynaxu428

Rescue a Reef explains what they hope to achieve in this exciting new chapter in Coral City:

‘One year ago, the Rescue a  Reef team from the University of Miami outplanted colonies of staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) at the Coral City Camera to create a public-facing restoration site and better understand how corals adapt to urban environments. We were thrilled with their success! To expand on this small-scale experiment, we outplanted twenty-five colonies of elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) at the CCC and will monitor their growth, productivity, and resilience over the next year! The new corals consisted of five different genotypes that were put through heat stress testing by UM and the Shedd Aquarium, and included some of the most successful in the face of rising temperatures. This experiment was designed to be a springboard for expanded research and explore novel ways to garden and restore corals in urban environments. Along with a greater understanding of our Coral City, we hope that having a public-facing coral restoration site will help communities make a stronger connection with corals and give them more incentives to fight to protect them!’

Update 4/22/24: ABC WPLG Local 10 has named Colin a ‘Don’t Trash Our Treasure’ most treasured citizen for his work with the Coral City Camera.

AP News has released a CM interview with updates on our latest film work, speaking appearances, and Coral City Camera milestones. Read @ https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-miami-corals-coral-reefs-37240aae96c867bec34c104c722cc82f

Coral Morphologic in the laboratory / studio, 2022. Photographs by Lynne Sladky.

Read additional pieces from CBS Miami and NBC Miami.

We are psyched to share BBC Outlook has released an audio interview on the origins of Coral Morphologic and the long road to our latest project, the Coral City Camera. Listen @ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08lqyzy and watch a feature on the CCC below.

Update 1/31/21: listen to an updated version of the BBC Outlook interview @ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszf12 and read articles featuring the CCC from the Miami Herald, Pitchfork, NBC 6 South Florida, WLRN South Florida, and Miami New Times.

We are thrilled to share a mini-documentary Instagram produced on our work. Watch above or via the app.

Pick up the 10th issue of FLOOD Magazine featuring a cover story on Animal Collective wherein they detail their history and our collaboration Tangerine Reef. Read the article here.

Colin will join Animal Collective at CPH:DOX 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Friday, March 22nd for a screening of Tangerine Reef  followed by Q & A, plus live sets from AC’s Geologist and Deakin featuring visuals from us at Aveny-T. See this link for tickets.

Update 4/29/19: Watch the full Q & A below:

During the week of Art Basel-Miami Beach 2011, we opened the doors of our aquaculture lab and welcomed guests to see our work and inspirations up close and personal. Jeff Jetton and Brendan Canty (of the band Fugazi) were two of our guests from Washington, DC, and we were psyched to give them a detailed look at our lab, our ethos, and how we managed to develop a DIY hybrid science-art concept into reality.