December 1, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
Students from Sarasota High School visited Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium Tuesday, Dec. 1, to deliver freshly grown lettuce from their school garden to feed Mote’s resident manatees as part of a new, pilot, community-based school program.
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December 1, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
In honor of #GivingTuesday — today, Dec. 1 — Mote Marine Lab is excited to share some of the ways we give back to the sea, along with ideas for how the public can help throughout this season of giving.
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November 24, 2015
Hayley Rutger
On Nov. 18, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Park Service (NPS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment (CITMA).
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November 24, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
Ring in the holiday SEAson with these fantastic gift ideas from Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium. Your gift will do more than spread some holiday cheer — it will also help support the world-class marine science, education and animal care at Mote, a “homegrown” independent, nonprofit institution dedicated to today's research for tomorrow's oceans.
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November 24, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
Mote Aquarium visitors of all ages are invited to celebrate the holiday SEAson with Santa Jaws, Mote's mascot Gilly the shark dressed in his holiday best.
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November 19, 2015
Hayley Rutger
Meet the furry faces of Florida’s watershed ecosystems in the special exhibit “Otters & Their Waters,” opening in early 2016 at Mote Aquarium in Sarasota, Fla.
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November 17, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
Mote Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Heather Marshall just returned home to Sarasota from a two-week shark-research expedition aboard the internationally known M/V OCEARCH in the Gulf of Mexico. Marshall collected shark blood samples in this team effort to gather previously unattainable data on these important top predators.
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November 16, 2015
Hayley Rutger
A sustainable seafood initiative won the Gulf Coast Innovation Challenge’s grand prize grant today, Nov. 16, said Gulf Coast Community Foundation leaders in southwest Florida. Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are partners in the winning project, for which they are planning a sustainable fish-farming study, and they will continue to work with their investor and business partners to seek leveraged financial support for three other projects that advanced significantly as Innovation Challenge finalists.
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November 16, 2015
Hayley Rutger
International sand sculpting champions were declared today during the sixth annual Siesta Key Crystal Classic International Sand Sculpting Festival, which is drawing thousands to Siesta Public Beach and raising awareness for endangered sea turtles.
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