June 23, 2014
Nadine Slimak
Great white sharks Katharine and Betsy have quite a “fin” club & people around the globe are following their migrations online through OCEARCH — the group that led the charge to track them. On June 19 the sharks were featured on NBC’s Today when the show interviewed one of the scientists studying them: Dr. Robert Hueter of Mote Marine Laboratory.
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June 17, 2014
Stacy Alexander
Sea Turtle Patrol volunteers freed a loggerhead turtle from a beach chair caught on her shell Thursday, June 12, on Longboat Key — a reminder that it’s important to remove and stack beach furniture each evening during turtle nesting season.
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June 17, 2014
Hayley Rutger
A sea turtle rescued by the Coast Guard Sunday, June 15, one mile off Longboat Pass is being treated for boat-strike injuries today, June 17, at Mote Marine Laboratory. This turtle’s story serves as a reminder to watch out for marine animals while boating and to report animals in distress.
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June 11, 2014
Stacy Alexander
State Rep. Holly Merrill Raschein, R-Key Largo, visited Mote’s Tropical Research Laboratory on Summerland Key — and went diving in Mote’s coral restoration nursery — on Friday, June 6 to learn how Mote is studying and restoring coral reefs, especially focusing on Florida’s reefs.
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June 5, 2014
Hayley Rutger
The global celebration World Environment Day (WED) capped off its 2014 North American festivities in Sarasota County during a standing-room-only community forum on June 5 at Mote Marine Laboratory, where one message rang loud and clear: WED came to the right community.
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May 2, 2014
Hayley Rutger
Mote Marine Laboratory and Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences will partner on coral reef, ocean acidification and other studies
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May 2, 2014
Hayley Rutger
Younger sea turtles could be at bigger risk from red tide toxins.
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April 29, 2014
Hayley Rutger
A great white shark nicknamed “Betsy” and tagged for research off Cape Cod was swimming about 63 miles off Boca Grande, Fla., as of Friday, April 25.
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April 22, 2014
Stacy Alexander
Kids around the world can watch “Sharks Alive!” – a free webcast by Mote Marine Laboratory via Google Hangouts and Youtube from 10 – 10:25 a.m. EST on Earth Day, April 22.
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