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Mote Science Education Aquarium’s STEM Teaching Labs Start to Take Shape

April 5, 2024 Kaitlyn Fusco

Mote Science Education Aquarium’s (Mote SEA) construction continues to ramp up in 2024, including progress on the three STEM Teaching Laboratories, which will ensure that every child has the opportunity for hands-on marine science and technology experiences.

Mote provides critical role for potential rescue of endangered smalltooth sawfish

March 28, 2024 Kaitlyn Fusco

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium is providing a critical role for the FWC and NOAA in their response effort to address smalltooth sawfish erratic behavior and mortality in the Florida Keys.

Mote and Taiwan formalize major partnership in heat-resiliency coral research and restoration

March 19, 2024 Kaitlyn Fusco

Mote signed an MOU for international collaboration on heat-resilient coral research and restoration with three science-focused entities based in Taiwan and the U.S.: Delta Environmental and Educational Foundation, the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (NMMBA), and the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology (NMMST).

Sailor Sam Claims Victory at Mote’s Mascot Race!

March 7, 2024 Kathryn Gentile

Mascots of all shapes, sizes, and species raced down Siesta Beach on March 7 to promote Mote Marine Laboratory's upcoming Run for the Turtles.

Mote debuts new interactive exhibit, Mystery Reef

March 4, 2024 Kathryn Gentile

On Saturday, March 3, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium unveiled a captivating new exhibit titled Mystery Reef.

Mote collaborates with FAU to tag rays for understanding of their relationship with prey

June 8, 2023 Olivia Cameron

At Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, researchers use specialized suction cup mounted “helmet” tags to collect acoustic and movement data on whitespotted eagle rays. These tags will help examine the relationship between eagle rays and their prey and can be leveraged to evaluate their interactions with shellfish aquaculture and restoration. This new technology is part of a five-year project, which started in March 2022, funded by the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER), and led by Dr. Matthew Ajemian at Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (FAU-HBOI)* in partnership with Mote and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)**.

Mote returns two rehabilitated sea turtles to the big blue

May 16, 2023 Sean Stover

Two loggerhead sea turtles, nicknamed “Lilly” and “Farmer,” were released from Lido Beach on Tuesday, May 16, after recovering from red tide toxins at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.

Now Open: Mote’s Marine Science Education & Outreach Center at the Anna Maria City Pier

May 5, 2023 Olivia Cameron

Mote Marine Laboratory celebrated the opening of Mote's Marine Science Education & Outreach Center on May 5 at the Anna Maria City Pier, making this Mote's 8th operational campus.

Mote scientists and pharmaceutical innovators work with the National Park Service to treat BBD

November 14, 2022 Olivia Cameron

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium teamed up with the National Park Service and pharmaceutical scientists at Ocean Alchemists LLC to develop treatments for black band disease (BBD), a lethal coral disease, which will contribute to the management of infectious coral diseases and aid in restoration efforts.

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