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Mote Marine Laboratory has launched a large-scale Keys-wide effort to rescue thousands of vulnerable corals, many threatened or endangered species, from offshore nurseries before prolonged heat stress could prove fatal as ocean temperatures rise across the Florida Key’s Coral Reef starting in July. Extended...
Mote Marine Laboratory continued its ongoing partnership with Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) and SCUBAnauts International (SNI) earlier this month to advance coral reef restoration and research in the Florida Keys. The groups focused their efforts on maintaining and expanding Mote’s offshore...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is pleased to announce the appointment of Todd Morton to its Board of Trustees. A respected Sarasota business owner and community advocate, Mr. Morton brings decades of leadership experience and a strong commitment to community engagement that will help support Mote’s...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is continuing to advance its fisheries enhancement efforts in 2026 through a series of juvenile snook releases taking place throughout the summer across strategic estuarine habitats in Southwest Florida. This year, Mote scientists will release approximately 22,000...
Mote Marine Laboratory is excited to announce that its Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2026 season! On Monday, April 27, STCRP’s Sea Turtle Patrol reported the first nest of the season on Venice Beach. The nest was identified as...
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...