Join me on an Adzenture! I’ve been delighted to partner with the eco-travel company Adzentures for the last two years on fabulous curated group trips to Tela, Honduras to support the non-profit I’ve started Tela Coral. And now, we’ve got an innovative way for you to visit Tela when it’s most convenient […]
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There’s nothing better than getting reports from our colleagues at the University of Miami with updates on the elkhorn corals (Acropora palmata) planted off of Key Biscayne last summer. The latest: the Flondurans are still flourishing! These historic babies have one parent from Tela and another parent from Honduras, giving them the
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As an ex-oceanographer and now science writer, a concert tour was just never something I thought I’d be a part of. And yet, in November it really felt like I was. Our partner in Music for the Ocean, violinist/composer Chad Cannon, grew up in Salt Lake City, and so he wanted to
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I am so thrilled that Tela Coral’s collaboration with Chad Cannon: Music for the Ocean is catching a wave of enthusiasm across the country! (If you haven’t heard about it, Tela Coral is the non-profit I started to support and exceptionally healthy coral reef in Honduras. And the concert is helping us
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Just a couple months ago, I got an email from someone who said he loved coral, had written some music for the ocean, and wondered if I could talk. It turned out it was not just someone, but the composer who scored the Oscar-winning documentary American Factory, was nominated for an Emmy
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Two years ago I co-founded the non-profit Tela Coral to support an unusually healthy reef in Honduras. Things are getting real now. We were beyond honored to be part of a historic outplanting of Flonduran elkhorn corals (Acropora palmata) on Miami’s reefs. These corals have one parent from Tela and one from
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The Reef Futures meeting means a lot to me because it’s where I jumped back into the world of coral reefs. The first time I attended it was 2018. I’d written Spineless, which is about jellyfish, and I was flirting with the idea of writing about corals. But I knew how the
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We are so thrilled to announce that we have helped to purchase the land on which we will be able to build a biobank for Tela’s rare, resilient corals by providing a grant to Tela Marine. Thank you from the bottoms of our hearts to all our donors who helped make this
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On my previous four trips to Tela, I’ve loved getting to know many of the amazing people who work in the tourism industry in the resort town. Among them are Maria Leonard and Yamilet Caballero, who are the visionaries behind the boutique hotel Los Olingos. This hotel is the only property where
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Confronted with the urgency of facing corals during this year’s record heat, Tela Coral, the non-profit I helped establish last summer with Heather Kuhlken and Tiffany Duong, launched an emergency campaign to build a genetic bank to protect the unusually healthy coral in Tela, Honduras. And people from around the world responded!
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