October 16, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
Celebrate International Sawfish Day on Oct. 17, 2020 by learning more about these "flat sharks" and how you can help them! Visit Mote Aquarium from 11-2 on Oct. 17 for some cool giveaways!
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Today’s episode makes us twice as happy because we have two excellent topics in store! Our guest, Jasmin Graham, has studied some of the most unusual-looking, endangered animals in the sea—sawfish, aka “danger snoots”—and she’s now advancing a critical mission: helping marine science become a more diverse field by increasing its accessibility to underrepresented minority students and researchers. Jasmin serves as Project Coordinator of MarSci-LACE (Marine Science Laboratory Alliance Center of Excellence), a multi-partner effort led by Mote and supported by a National Science Foundation grant as part of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. Today, she helps hosts Joe and Hayley get ready and get excited for International Sawfish Day (Oct. 17) and #BlackInMarineScience week (Nov. 29-Dec. 5) celebrated with Mote’s Empowerment Panel event! In addition to sharing her work at Mote, Jasmin tells us about her leadership of the organization Minorities in Shark Science.
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October 15, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
New sound data interactive exhibit at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
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October 8, 2020
Hayley Rutger
Rescued sea turtle hatchlings have received plenty of TLC in Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Hatchling Hospital during summer and early fall 2020. As September drew to a close, Mote staff reported that 1,400 of these baby sea turtles have completed their hospital stay and returned to the ocean.
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October 5, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
Mote's Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Program is currently tracking four adult male loggerhead sea turtles. Where are they? And what can they teach us about male turtle behavior?
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October 2, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
Call 888-345-2335 to report distressed, injured or deceased sea turtles, manatees, dolphins or whales in the Sarasota/Manatee region
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September 30, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
Visitors are encouraged to drive electric and use Mote Aquarium’s EV charging stations for free
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Imagine a hole in the ocean floor with a bottom stretching to 350 feet deep, or deeper. That’s the type of environment Mote scientists and colleagues are exploring as they visit the Gulf of Mexico’s blue holes—underwater caves, springs and sinkholes. In this episode, one of our partnering scientists shares what lives in the depths of a blue hole. Dr. Nastassia Patin, Postdoctoral Associate at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies from University of Miami/NOAA, just published a paper on the strange microscopic life found in one of these deep, dark, chilly, acidified and low-oxygen environments: the blue hole known as AJ Hole. When this episode was recorded, Dr. Patin was visiting Mote for yet another sampling expedition to explore the tiny life forms in an even deeper blue hole called “Green Banana.” Join Dr. Patin and podcast hosts Joe and Hayley to discover the “alien” lifestyles of microbes in these deep environments, how blue hole research relates to our lives, and which fun fact blew Joe’s mind…
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August 26, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
Residents of Sarasota and Manatee counties, our marine life needs you! Read the guest editorial originally posted in the August 25, 2020 edition of the Sarasota-Herald Tribune.
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