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Mote receives generous holiday donation from Longboat Key Turtle Watch

December 07, 2021 | mote

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium received a generous holiday gift from Longboat Key Turtle Watch. The donation of close to $10,000 will be used to support a number of Mote programs related to helping local sea turtles, including support for Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Program,...

Mote President & CEO, Dr. Michael P. Crosby, addresses the Florida Delegation in D.C. on November 3, 2021
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Mote leader provides water quality briefing for Florida Delegation in D.C.

November 08, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

During a Congressional hearing of the Florida Delegation in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 3, 2021, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s President & CEO Dr. Michael P. Crosby was invited to provide his expert testimony regarding the urgent water quality-related challenges facing Florida’s marine...

Mote staff members discuss conservation efforts with Jeff Corwin host of Wildlife Nation
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Mote coral restoration featured in nationally syndicated show

October 22, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

Mote's coral reef restoration and research efforts will be featured on the nationally syndicated show, Wildlife Nation, featuring host Jeff Corwin and presented by Defenders of Wildlife. The episode, "Crocs and Corals", features stories of two conservation efforts in Florida, and the race to save endangered...

Mote Stranding Biologist Amber Lea Kincaid on a boat on local waterways
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Take action to help marine life: Mote’s Stranding Investigations Program

September 03, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Stranding Investigation Program responds to calls of “stranded” (i.e., injured or deceased) sea turtles, manatees, dolphins and whales in Sarasota and Manatee county areas. We are experiencing significantly greater strandings of sea turtles and manatees in...

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Mote & international partners establish first ‘Rules of Thumb’ for marine connectivity conservation

August 17, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

As ocean habitats around the world face threats such as climate change, overfishing, pollution, and more, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can provide sanctuary to threatened populations and vital ecosystem services. However, even given the high movement of various species and resources within the ocean,...

Sea turtle hatchling in Mote's Hatchling Hospital. Credit: Beech Horsley/Mote Marine Laboratory
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Hatchlings are here! Is your beach turtle friendly?

June 23, 2021 | Hayley Rutger

The first sea turtle hatchlings in Mote Marine Laboratory's monitoring area (Longboat Key through Venice) emerged in mid-June 2021. The first hatch of the season always brings us joy, but this one was bittersweet. Hatchlings from this Venice nest crawled the wrong direction and failed to reach the...

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World-renowned shark expert brings global shark conservation and collaboration program to Mote

April 23, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is pleased to welcome Dr. Demian Chapman as Senior Scientist & the new Director of Center for Shark Research at Mote. As a Senior Scientist in Mote's Research Division, he will also serve as the Manager for the Sharks & Rays Conservation Research Program,...

Fragments of restored staghorn coral on a reef in the Florida Keys
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Mote’s coral restoration efforts featured in National Geographic magazine

April 20, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

Mote’s coral restoration efforts featured in National Geographic magazine, on ABC’s Good Morning America The state of the world’s oceans and coral reefs, and how organizations like Mote are working to save them, takes center stage in advance of Earth Day Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s...

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Exciting updates for National Autism Awareness Month

April 05, 2021 | Hayley Rutger

In honor of National Autism Awareness Month, April 2021, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium would like to share two exciting updates: Mote was recently designated an Autism Friendly Business by the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at University of South Florida! This means key staff members...

Rendering of proposed marine science education & outreach center.
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Mote & the City of Anna Maria come together for marine science education & public outreach

March 22, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephannie Kettle Public Relations Manager | Mote Marine Laboratory skettle@mote.org | 941.302.4997 Sarasota, Fla. ­— Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium and the City of Anna Maria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pursue the construction...

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