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Microsoft is celebrating its grand opening at University Town Center (UTC) by showing its support for local nonprofits. The company has pledged a grant for $500,000 worth of computer software to Mote Marine Laboratory — and you're invited to come celebrate with us. On June 11, the public is invited...
Dads, start your engines... for a trip to Mote! On Father’s Day, June 21, dads can visit Mote Aquarium for free with the purchase of a child’s ticket. Come learn about the amazing and unusual dads (and moms) living in our oceans by visiting Mote’s limited-time exhibit “Oh Baby! Life Cycles...
Mote Marine Laboratory celebrated the life and legacy of its founding "Shark Lady," Dr. Eugenie Clark, during a special memorial event Monday, May 4 — Clark’s birthday — at Mote in Sarasota, Fla. The public celebration and an invitation-only gathering later that evening brought together 550...
Mote Marine Laboratory offers a huge “thanks” to the Longboat Key Turtle Watch for supporting two student scholarships for the Lab’s summer camp programs. Both scholarship positions will be awarded as “The Orville Clayton Scholarship” to honor Clayton, who co-founded Longboat Key Turtle Watch...
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig sank on April 22, 2010, after an explosion on April 20 that killed 11 workers and set off one of the worst environmental disasters in our nation's history. Today, Mote Marine Laboratory is advancing new research related to the spill, focusing on the health of key fishes...
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists and a Japanese colleague recently tallied a record number of “baby” scallops from their restoration site in Sarasota Bay — good news for Mote’s community-wide partnership working to replenish the Bay’s depleted scallop populations. Florida’s scallop populations...
Sea fans, get ready for the 6th Annual Florida Keys Ocean Festival & Waterfront Craft Show — a free day of ocean-themed education and fun from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at the Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center, 35 East Quay Road at Truman Waterfront in Key West. The Festival benefits...
Blazing trails for women in science; inspiring generations of people from ocean experts to school children; swimming with sharks to learn about them; and founding a world-class marine laboratory that turned 60 in 2015 — this is a snapshot of the life and legacy of Dr. Eugenie Clark. “Genie”...
Sarasota Bay anglers: Your knowledge can help our fisheries thrive. On Feb. 5, join local marine researchers for the second meeting of the Sarasota Bay Fisheries Forum — an independent, community-based discussion geared toward informing fisheries management and science. The meeting is free for participants...
Girls interested in marine science — especially sharks and their relatives, rays and skates — are invited to a free meeting of the Gills Club from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 24 at Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, City Island, Sarasota. Mote is partnering with Atlantic White Shark...