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Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge divers join Mote staff including President & CEO Dr. Michael P. Crosby to plant corals on July 13, 2023, along Key West.
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On a mission: Mote and wounded veterans rebuild Key West coral reef

July 14, 2023 | Kaitlyn Fusco

On Thursday, July 13, Mote Marine Laboratory once again joined forces with members of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) to plant corals and restore the Higgs Head coral reef in Key West. This event marks the eleventh year of a unique coral restoration partnership that enables combat wounded...

Staghorn coral, a species Mote is working to restore
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Mote Launches Transformative Coral Reef Restoration Project with a Nearly $7 Million NOAA grant

April 24, 2023 | Kaitlyn Fusco

Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to announce it was awarded nearly $7 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a four-year, multi-faceted project focused on implementing a holistically transformative coral reef restoration initiative at 10 reef sites along Florida’s...

A coral with black band disease is measured for disease progression in a study by Mote and partners.
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Mote scientists and pharmaceutical innovators work with the National Park Service to treat lethal coral disease

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...

Mote scientists group shot at the 2022 Reef Futures conference
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Mote scientists present at Reef Futures conference on coral reef restoration

October 27, 2022 | Olivia Cameron

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium scientists participated in a conference consisting of a series of workshops that brought together over 600 coral restoration practitioners, researchers, students and resource managers from around the world to share the latest techniques, technologies and science...

Mote and supporters cut the ribbon to open a new coral nursery in Key Largo
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Mote, state and local officials, community members welcome Key Largo’s 1st land-based coral nursery

August 17, 2022 | Stephannie Kettle

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is pleased to announce the official opening of its second satellite coral nursery at the Reefhouse Resort & Marina in Key Largo, Florida. The facility joins Mote’s main Keys lab, the Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration...

Mote Postdoctoral Researcher and first author on the paper Dr. Sara Williams analyzed the bacteria communities of corals.
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New Mote peer-review publication highlights importance of studying the microbiomes of coral

July 21, 2022 | Olivia Cameron

It's Coral Reef Awareness Week! Check out the newest coral research from Mote scientists who show you can take the coral out of the reef, but you can’t take the reef out of the coral. As highlighted in new peer-reviewed research from Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium scientists, "Geographically...

Current and past Mote staff and interns at the International Coral Reef Symposium
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Mote scientists present coral discoveries in Germany

July 11, 2022 | Hayley Rutger

Cutting-edge coral reef research took the spotlight this week as six Mote Marine Laboratory scientists and their Mote-affiliated peers presented their latest discoveries during the 15th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in Bremen, Germany. This ICRS was the first to be held in Europe, a location...

Coral fragments growing in a raceway. Mote is bringing a new land-based nursery to Key Largo
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Mote announces plans for new land-based coral nursery, the first of its kind in Key Largo

March 01, 2022 | Stephannie Kettle

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium announced plans for future development to bring science-based coral reef restoration to Key Largo.  A new land-based nursery, the first in Key Largo, will be built on the grounds of the Reefhouse Resort & Marina, formerly known as Key Largo Bay Marriott Beach...

Baby Caribbean king crabs in a bowl at Mote's Keys campus.
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New crabs on the block: Mote raising Caribbean king crabs to help with coral restoration

February 25, 2022 | Stephannie Kettle

Scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory have taken a critical step toward diversifying efforts to restore Florida’s Coral Reef. In early February, Dr. Jason Spadaro, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Mote’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration on Summerland...

Coral fragments growing in Mote's land based nursery in the Florida Keys.
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Mote Marine Lab becomes member of International Coral Reef Initiative

March 16, 2021 | Stephannie Kettle

As coral reefs, our “rainforests of the sea”, decline around the world, researchers, restoration practitioners, environmental managers, government regulators, and more race against the extinction clock. The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) brings together nations and organizations to preserve...

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