May 18, 2015
Kaitlyn Fusco
Dr. Erinn Muller, Staff Scientist at Mote Marine Laboratory, recently received the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) prestigious CAREER grant totaling $578,681 for five years of research and education focused on threatened corals.
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May 14, 2015
Hayley Rutger
Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to welcome Dr. Jordon Beckler, a next-generation Ph.D. scientist who will help advance Mote’s innovative Ocean Technology Program and study nutrient cycling in the environment — research essential to understanding Florida red tide.
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May 11, 2015
Hayley Rutger
A loggerhead sea turtle rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and treated for boat-strike injuries at Mote Marine Laboratory was returned to the wild today, May 8, from Lido Key in Sarasota County. The 255-pound, adult female turtle is nicknamed “Mrs. Turt Lee” after Chief Petty Officer Ekahi Lee, supervisor of the Coast Guard crewmembers who rescued the animal.
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May 5, 2015
Stacy Alexander
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.
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April 29, 2015
Hayley Rutger
Mote Marine Laboratory documented the first local sea turtle nest of the year Saturday, April 25, on Siesta Key and the second nest today, April 27, in Venice. Mote will soon begin its 34th year monitoring nesting along 35 miles of local beaches.
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April 24, 2015
Hayley Rutger
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.
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April 23, 2015
Hayley Rutger
The resident manatees at Mote Marine Laboratory star in Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom web series launched today, April 23 — raising awareness for their species and demonstrating their special “job”: participating in Mote research to benefit conservation.
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April 22, 2015
Hayley Rutger
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 in the Gulf of Mexico.
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April 21, 2015
Hayley Rutger
In honor of Earth Day, April 22, three community partners are working together in a fishing line recycling and recovery initiative originally designed by Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, produced by Pine View School’s Civics students, Sustainability@PV members, and PeaceJam Ambassadors in Osprey, and now featured on boats in Freedom Boat Club’s extensive Southwest Florida fishing fleet.
All three organizations are participating in the “Stow It-Don’t Throw It” initiative, a program originally conceived in 2008 by Mote Senior Biologist Kim Bassos-Hull and Mote high school intern Sean Russell, current project director of Stow It-Don’t Throw It.
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