May 11, 2017
Kaitlyn Fusco
Threatened coral reefs will have more powerful allies in the Florida Keys following the official opening of Mote Marine Laboratory’s International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration (IC2R3) on May 25 at Summerland Key, Florida.
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May 9, 2017
Kaitlyn Fusco
Dr. Tracy Fanara of Mote Marine Laboratory is featured in the newest issue of the Marvel comic “The Unstoppable Wasp,” written by Jeremy Whitley and illustrated by Elsa Charretier.
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Goodwill’s 2017 lecture series, Women EmPOWERed, will feature Mote Marine Laboratory Senior Scientist Dr. Kevan Main, an aquaculture (fish farming) expert.
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Mote Marine Laboratory is excited to welcome Laura Shoemaker as its new Foundation Relations Officer.
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Manatees Hugh and Buffett are science stars. As long-term residents of Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, they are trained to participate in their own health care - such as giving a voluntary blood sample or being weighed - along with innovative research projects focused on manatee senses and physiology. Their lead trainer and caregiver, Mote Aquarium senior biologist Kat Boerner, explains why manatees are interesting, important and just plain weird. Hosts Joe and Hayley have different reactions when they learn how manatees got their name.
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May 3, 2017
Kaitlyn Fusco
More than 130 women joined Mote Marine Laboratory for its annual Tea for the Sea, which unites women in philanthropy for the pursuit of science. To view photos from the event, visit https://mote.org/events/details/tea-for-the-sea1.
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May 1, 2017
Hayley Rutger
Mote Marine Laboratory documented the first three local sea turtle nests of 2017 — two on Sunday, April 30, and one on Monday, May 1 — in Venice, Florida.
Mote scientists, interns and more than 250 volunteers in Mote’s Sea Turtle Patrol monitor nesting activity on Longboat Key through Venice every day of sea turtle nesting season, which officially runs from May 1-Oct. 31 in southwest Florida.
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April 26, 2017
Hayley Rutger
Thirty-four sharks were tagged along Florida’s Gulf Coast for studies designed to benefit their populations during a successful research cruise conducted April 17-21 by five scientists, two graduate and 40 undergraduate students from New College of Florida, Eckerd College, Mote Marine Laboratory and The Nature Conservancy (TNC).
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April 25, 2017
Hayley Rutger
Monday evening, April 24, The Field Museum in Chicago presented Dr. David E. Vaughan with the prestigious 2017 Parker/Gentry Award, which has been given annually since 1996 to an individual, team or organization whose work has made a significant impact on conservation and serves as a model for others.
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