August 12, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
Multiple colonies of mountainous star coral, restored by Mote onto Florida's Coral Reef, have spawned, a breakthrough for coral restoration
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August 3, 2020
Hayley Rutger
For the first time, massive corals restored to Florida's Coral Reef are ready to become parents in the wild—a breakthrough in Mote Marine Laboratory's scientific efforts to restore critically imperiled coral reefs, the “rainforests of the sea,” to self-sustaining life.
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July 16, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
At a press conference at the Finish Tower at Nathan Benderson Park, overlooking the future site of Mote Science Education Aquarium, Mote President & CEO Dr. Michael P. Crosby shared that a groundbreaking is very near on the horizon.
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July 9, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
Two sea turtles have been returned to the Gulf of Mexico after recovering at Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital. The turtles were released on July 8 on Casey Key near a private residence.
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Marine ecotoxicologists investigate some of the toughest challenges we must overcome to protect the ocean—in particular, how toxic substances harm marine animals and the ecosystem. Today we meet Dr. Aileen Maldonado, a Mote Postdoctoral Research Fellow who studies natural toxins and human-produced toxicants in the marine environment. In this episode, Dr. Maldonado gives hosts Joe and Hayley insight into toxic substances that concern scientists, environmental regulators and communities, and she discusses her Mote research focused on mitigation of the toxin-producing Florida red tide and on improving methods to assess the health of corals at risk from pollution and many other stressors.
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June 29, 2020
Hayley Rutger
Aly Busse, Assistant Vice President for Education at Mote, has been named Chair of the National Association of Marine Laboratories’ (NAML’s) new Education Committee—a prominent leadership role and exciting opportunity to for Mote to spearhead improved strategies for educational excellence at marine science nonprofits across the nation.
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Mote scientists and partners exploring "blue holes" will be featured in an upcoming episode of the award-winning PBS show, Changing Seas.
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After just a little over a month of rehabilitation, a manatee mom and her calf are back in Sarasota Bay. The mother was rescued in mid-May by Mote and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and was rehabilitated at SeaWorld Orlando. She gave birth to a healthy male shortly after arriving, and the two were released on June 18, 2020 in Sarasota Bay.
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June 9, 2020
Stephannie Kettle
Mote welcomes Barbara Brizdle as the newest member of the Board of Trustees
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