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Today, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s 40th Annual Run for the Turtles welcomed 1,245 runners to Siesta Key Beach and virtual tracks around the globe. Participants took part in the 1-mile fun run and the Manasota Track Club-sanctioned 5K, showing up in support of Mote’s longstanding sea turtle...
Mote Marine Laboratory is excited to announce the successful, first-ever release of hatchery-raised Caribbean king crabs onto Florida’s Coral Reef as part of its holistic science-based coral reef restoration strategy. The historic release took place on March 28, 2026, at a restoration site in the...
Three newly published, peer-reviewed scientific studies by scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are reshaping our understanding of how increased water temperatures, combined with increasing nutrient footprints, influence harmful algal blooms....
Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Fisheries Electronic Monitoring (CFEMM) is proud to announce the launch of a new research project to improve how recreational fishing activity is measured across the Gulf by identifying, counting, and categorizing vessels traveling through coastal passes. The project,...
Mote Marine Laboratory is responding to a recent cold weather event affecting multiple marine species across Florida, rescuing three young, cold-stressed Florida manatees and receiving 25 cold-stunned green sea turtles transferred from Florida’s east coast. The animals are currently housed at Mote’s...
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists have published new research demonstrating that an electronic pulse device (EPD) can effectively deter and delay sharks from taking fish off fishing lines — a breakthrough that could help reduce shark depredation, the loss of catch or gear to marine animal encounters. Focusing...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is proud to announce that Dr. Aly Busse, Mote’s Associate Vice President of Education, has been awarded the 2025-2027 Early-Career Research Fellowship - Education Research Track from The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is proud to welcome the following new members to its Board of Trustees: Kirk Boylston, Ivory Matthews, Jourdan Reinhart, Dr. Peter Rogers and David Sessions. These well-respected industry and community leaders bring a broad set of skills and expertise that will...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is proud to announce that its first two manatee rehabilitation patients, Sleet and Cabbage, were successfully released back into Florida waters last week following months of dedicated rehabilitation from Mote’s expert animal care teams. The manatees are Mote’s...
Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented a historic nesting season in 2025, with 5,735 total nests recorded along 35 miles of Sarasota County beaches, from Longboat Key to Venice. This marks the highest number of nests ever recorded in Mote’s 43-year monitoring history,...