What started small
A baby staghorn coral begins its life in Mote Marine Laboratory’s coral nursery. There, native corals are bred to be tough against the challenges pummeling coral reefs.
Has grown because you nurtured it.
A Mote scientist grows young corals for future reef restoration. Over nearly 70 years, Mote has grown from a one-room lab to a global powerhouse of marine research and conservation because our ocean needed us and because you supported us.
But the threats to our oceans are growing too.
A coral reef ecosystem in Bonaire. Reefs ecosystems that came together over centuries are extremely vulnerable to threats including warming oceans, ocean acidification, coral disease and more.
Together, we can scale up science-based solutions for marine life, human life and the ocean that supports all life.
*Your gift to Mote by Oct. 20, 2024, will be matched up to $50,000 total thanks to the generous support of: Julius Fleischman Foundation • David Booth and Jane Garnett • Mannion Family • Dr. Noralyn Marshall and Dr. Alastair Hunter-Henderson • Melanie and Christopher Holden
Your support will help us:
Find science-based solutions for restoring seagrass meadows—vital but dwindling sources of food and shelter for marine animals.- Save imperiled reef sharks and rays from extinction while respecting the communities that depend on them in many nationsworldwide.
- Respond to the rapidly-evolving, life-threatening changes affecting coral reefs with the latest coral disease treatments and restoration methods.
- Transform our most promising technologies for red tide mitigation into field-ready products—realizing the results of years of rigorous science.
- Harness the mysterious microscopic life in the deep ocean to find new treatments for people with antibiotic-resistant infections.
- And much more.
Photo credit: Coral reef photo at top of page and other coral reef photos in Bonaire by Conor Goulding
