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Talbots at University Town Center and Mote Marine Laboratory invite you to shop Dec. 13 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for winter classics while benefitting Mote, a homegrown marine research and education institution. Talbots will donate ten percent of all sales during that time to Mote. Talbots at The...
During this year's Siesta Key Crystal Classic sandscuplting competition, Nov. 12-13, kids can discover the origins of Siesta Key and its fine, white quartz sand at The Learning Curve on Siesta Beach. The Learning Curve is a new, fun learning and creative activity center at the The Siesta Key Crystal...
U.S. and Saudi Arabian scientists launched the most extensive baseline survey to-date of coral reef ecosystems along the Saudi coast of the Gulf of Aqaba during late September 2016 — investigating multiple reef species in detail to support conservation. Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida and King...
7th Annual Siesta Key Crystal Classic Nov. 11-15, 2016 www.SiestaKeyCrystalClassic.com This November 11-15, twenty-four of the world’s preeminent master sand sculptors will be competing in the Siesta Key Crystal Classic. Now in its seventh year, this popular visual and cultural arts festival has...
This month, NOAA Fisheries announced that they have awarded nearly $3 million in grants to organizations that rescue, rehabilitate, recover and support conservation of marine mammals such as dolphins and whales. Through the 2016 cycle of the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program,...
Tropical Storm Hermine affected most of the sea turtle nests remaining on Longboat Key through Venice during late August and early September, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists report. Fortunately, the area has hosted a record number of nests this year, and the majority hatched before the storm. Of...
OCEARCH EXPEDITION WITH FLORIDA SCIENTIFIC LEADER AIMS TO BUILD UPON SERIES OF SHARK-TAGGING SUCCESSES Today OCEARCH and its collaborating scientists launched a three-week expedition to tag mature great white sharks off Nantucket, Massachusetts. They aim to build upon results from now-famous sharks...
(MIAMI, Florida) Sept. 12, 2016 - Mote Marine Laboratory and The Nature Conservancy are partnering on a coral conservation initiative that will enable coral restoration at unprecedented scales throughout the Caribbean and the Florida Keys. The collaboration officially began this evening, Sept. 12, 2016,...
High schoolers from the U.S. Virgin Islands helped conduct coral reef research this month in the Florida Keys, mentored by a Mote Marine Laboratory scientist who received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the variability in resilience of corals affected by environmental change. From...
Mote Aquarium invites you to marvel at Florida’s coral reefs and learn about the many threats they face today in the new exhibit Florida’s Coral Reefs, which opened to the public Saturday, Aug. 13. “This is truly an awe inspiring exhibit,” said Evan Barniskis, Assistant Vice President of Mote...