News & Press

Mote announces expansion of its annual Ocean Fest

March 22, 2017 Kaitlyn Fusco

Mote Marine Laboratory is excited to announce an expansion of its annual Ocean Fest a family-friendly educational event to celebrate the vibrant marine environment of the Florida Keys.

Shark expedition concludes with four tagged sharks

March 20, 2017 Kaitlyn Fusco

OCEARCH and its team of collaborating scientists, including Dr. Robert Hueter, Director of the Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratory, have returned from a three-week expedition to tag great white sharks and other species of large sharks.

Mote releases turtle off Nokomis beach

March 15, 2017 Kaitlyn Fusco

On Monday, March 13, Mote Marine Laboratory released a subadult loggerhead sea turtle named “Grimes” off Nokomis Beach.

Mote welcomes two new scientists

March 14, 2017 Kaitlyn Fusco

Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to announce two new Mote Postdoctoral Research Fellows, whose research is now ramping up, following a selection process that concluded in late 2016. These next-generation researchers helped Mote attain a key 2016 goal in its 2020 Vision & Strategic Plan: to have at least five Mote Postdoctoral Research Fellows.

Super sense keeps manatees in touch with environment

March 14, 2017 Hayley Rutger

Manatees — slow, plant-eating aquatic mammals — may not resemble superheroes, but their powerful sense of touch might even impress Daredevil, the blind comic book hero whose other senses are highly attuned. A new peer-reviewed study, published recently in the Journal of Comparative Physiology A, reports that special body hairs help manatees sense water movements smaller than the period at the end of this sentence — likely helping them feel their way through a three-dimensional, underwater world where their vision is limited.

Podcast: Sounds fishy: Acoustic studies of Florida fish

March 14, 2017

Dip a hydrophone into the Gulf of Mexico and you’ll be eavesdropping on plenty of “chit chat.” Many fish species make sounds, especially during important life history events such as mating. Dr. Jim Locascio, Manager of Mote’s Fisheries Habitat Ecology Program, plays some fish sounds and shares knowledge from his acoustic research.

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Longboat Key Club donation advances Mote’s veteran outreach

March 8, 2017 Kaitlyn Fusco

The Longboat Key Club recently donated $12,275 to the Colonel Richard D. Crosby, Jr. Memorial Veterans Fund at Mote Marine Laboratory, which helps support the many activities and programs in which Mote pro-actively engages with veterans, such as its Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge coral restoration initiative.

Mote welcomes new Director of Foundation Relations

March 8, 2017 Kaitlyn Fusco

Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to welcome Karen Stults as the new Director of Foundation Relations.

Podcast highlights research on Gulf oil, risks to fish

March 8, 2017 Hayley Rutger

How does oil affect fishes in the Gulf of Mexico? Mote Marine Laboratory scientists and colleagues are working to solve this complex puzzle through studies initiated in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill.

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