Mote Scientist on TODAY Show: Great Whites Have Huge Following

June 23, 2014 Nadine Slimak

Great white sharks Katharine and Betsy have quite a “fin” club & people around the globe are following their migrations online through OCEARCH — the group that led the charge to track them. On June 19 the sharks were featured on NBC’s Today when the show interviewed one of the scientists studying them: Dr. Robert Hueter of Mote Marine Laboratory.

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Florida Legislator Wowed by Mote’s Coral Research in the Keys

June 11, 2014 Stacy Alexander

State Rep. Holly Merrill Raschein, R-Key Largo, visited Mote’s Tropical Research Laboratory on Summerland Key — and went diving in Mote’s coral restoration nursery — on Friday, June 6 to learn how Mote is studying and restoring coral reefs, especially focusing on Florida’s reefs.

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World Environment Day Finds Eco-savvy Hosts in Southwest Florida

June 5, 2014 Hayley Rutger

The global celebration World Environment Day (WED) capped off its 2014 North American festivities in Sarasota County during a standing-room-only community forum on June 5 at Mote Marine Laboratory, where one message rang loud and clear: WED came to the right community.

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