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Mote Marine Laboratory welcomes visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the German Research Foundation in Germany, Dr. Hanna R. Koch. Koch joins the growing team of next-generation scientists at Mote’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration (IC2R3) on Summerland...
As Southwest Florida’s weather and coastal waters warm, Mote Marine Laboratory reminds boaters and beachgoers to respect and protect marine animals. Please practice safe boating, in accordance with guidelines from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission and U.S. Coast Guard, heed...
The progression of Caribbean yellow-band disease — a widespread killer of reef-building corals — can be significantly impeded by chiseling a “firebreak” around the diseased coral tissue, but more research is needed to maintain the firebreak long-term, reports a peer-reviewed research paper published...
Mote Marine Laboratory released a juvenile green sea turtle named “Shoshi” off Anna Maria Island Thursday morning, May 10. Members of Anna Maria Turtle Watch and beach-goers cheered on little Shoshi as it made its way back into the water. A fisherman found the turtle floating 15 miles due west...
Corals that tolerate heat stress may harbor different bacteria than others, reports a New College undergraduate thesis study conducted in the U.S. Virgin Islands. This critical information may help scientists find or raise corals more resilient to increasing temperatures projected with climate change. For...
Mote Marine Laboratory and the family of Dr. John Reynolds III invite you to remember the life and legacy of this influential scientist, conservationist and advocate at a celebration honoring his life at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon, May 4, in Mote’s WAVE Center at 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. “There...
The first local sea turtle nests of 2018 were discovered today by Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Patrol, a team of scientists, interns and approximately 300 volunteers who monitor nesting activity on Longboat Key through Venice every day of sea turtle nesting season, which officially runs from...
Study begins second phase with donation from Chiles Restaurant Group Credit photo above: Conor Goulding/Mote Marine Laboratory --- In southwest Florida, cured mullet roe called bottarga fetches higher prices than the fish producing it, and sometimes unused fish are left after bottarga is sold....
Mote Marine Laboratory honored 356 volunteers — including some who have served for 35 years — during its annual volunteer awards ceremony on April 19, 2018. During the ceremony, which filled Mote’s WAVE Center auditorium on City Island, Sarasota, near capacity, Mote President & CEO Dr. Michael...
Florida red tide algae toxins can stress and even kill sublegal stone crabs — young adults whose claws are growing toward legal harvest size — according to preliminary research results published recently in the scientific journal Marine Environmental Research, indicating a strong need for continued...