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Today, Feb. 19, Mote Marine Laboratory (Mote) and Boy Scouts of America, Florida National High Adventure Sea Base (BSA Sea Base), formalized a collaboration combining Mote’s leadership in coral reef research and restoration with BSA’s Marine STEM Adventure program. This new initiative will enhance...
Twenty-four students from Riverview High School had the chance to experience what a career in marine aquaculture might be like at Mote Aquaculture Research Park (MAP) last Thursday. The students arrived at the 200-acre Park with a limited understanding but plenty of curiosity about aquaculture (farming...
Written by: Shelby Isaacson Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is hosting an open house for home-school families. Perfect for the budding scientist or constantly curious student, this two-hour event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and provide families the chance to see...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is honored to receive a $50,000 partnership grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County for programmatic and sponsorship support. “We are proud to be a part of the positive impact Mote is having locally, nationally and internationally,” said Roxie...
Mote science, sustainability and service grow in 2017 In 2017, Mote Marine Laboratory’s research and education programs took on some of the oceans’ toughest challenges and set the stage for decades of discovery and positive impacts. This year, Mote opened its new Elizabeth Moore International...
Written by: Shelby Isaacson The Sarasota Bay Fisheries Forum — a group for anglers, scientists and others seeking to proactively address fisheries management and science topics in the Sarasota Bay area — is gearing up for its December meeting. Attendees will learn about "Fish Communities and...
High schoolers found tiny bits of plastic in southwest Florida waters and fish — local evidence of a worldwide environmental challenge — during Mote Marine Laboratory’s teaching lab with partners from UF/IFAS* Extension’s Florida Microplastic Awareness Project, Sarasota Dolphin Research Program,...
Sarasota-Manatee high school students are invited to apply by Nov. 30 for Mote Marine Laboratory’s Ocean Technology Club, which begins its winter meetings on Jan. 18, 2018. The club will allow selected students and teachers to explore oceanography, physics, chemistry, electronic circuitry and computer...
Children ages 3-5 and their families are invited to three exciting, marine science outreach programs led by Mote Marine Laboratory and The Out-of-Door Academy (ODA) in Sarasota County. Through these free educational programs from 10-11 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2017, Feb. 3 and April 14, 2018, participants...
Mote Marine Laboratory found evidence that two nesting sea turtles dragged beach furniture caught on their upper shells during the past week on Longboat Key — a reminder that southwest Floridians should remove beach furniture at night to protect these threatened and endangered reptiles. Loggerhead...