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On Dec. 5, 2023, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium came one step closer in realizing its vision of significantly improving access to marine science education and technology for all, as it held a topping off ceremony for its new Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA). The topping off ceremony...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, anounced today a partnership with Johnson Outdoors, a leading global innovator of outdoor recreation equipment and technology, together with its SCUBAPRO brand, to create a community coral reef restoration program that offers divers the opportunity to participate...
In this edition, discover how our team at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is: growing a program to bolster populations of algae-eating Caribbean king crabs, stuyding manatees by taking photos of their unique markings, especially boat proellers, surveying global reef sites to determine where sharks...
Mote Marine Laboratory’s team of expert coral reef restoration researchers have begun the multistep process of reintroducing thousands of healthy corals back into its underwater nurseries after recovering at Mote’s land-based facilities during this summer’s unprecedented thermal stress event. The return...
As sea turtle nesting season has officially concluded on Florida’s Southwest coast as of Oct. 31, Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Program (STCRP), which patrols 35-miles from Longboat Key to Venice of beaches each day of nesting season (May 1-Oct. 31) reports their findings for...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens and Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast are entering the third phase of Project Nature Bridge, an initiative to increase environmental literacy and increase appreciation and use of nature by the underrepresented and underserved...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium was pleased to recognize a room of over 220 local science and elementary teachers from Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto counties at its inaugural Toast to Teachers appreciation event on Friday, Oct. 6. “Over nearly 70 years Mote has grown into a global powerhouse...
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium (Mote) is proud to announce that it has earned 4/4 stars by Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator, in recognition of its financial health, ongoing accountability, and transparency of how its funds are allocated. This rating designates...
Florida’s Coral Reef experienced record-breaking heat waves during the summer of 2023 caused by unusually high seawater temperatures that started early in the season, resulting in mass coral bleaching in certain areas. Florida’s reef managers, scientists, conservation organizations and reef users,...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium recently invited researchers from around the world to discuss mitigation tools and technologies for the harmful algal bloom (HAB) that affects many communities across the state – Florida red tide – as part of its Florida Red Tide Mitigation & Technology Development...