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So long, Chipi! Despite some changes to Mote operations, Mote’s hospital team is still dedicated to saving local marine life. March 2020: we’ll remember it as the month that Mote Aquarium closed for the safety of our staff, volunteers, and guests in the face of the spread of COVID-19, the infectious...
It's not goodbye, it's see you later Although we don't want to see Mr. T, a recently rehabilitated turtle, in person again, scientists (and members of the public) can "see" him again thanks to an attached satellite transmitter. Follow Mr. T's journey here. May 7, 2019 - Marathon, Florida - Hundreds...
By Miguel Montalvo Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital staff released a subadult Kemp's ridley turtle on Friday, July 13, from Anna Maria Island after it recovered from entanglement in fishing gear. The rehabilitation and release of this turtle, nicknamed “Gazpacho,”...
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...
On Feb. 1, Mote Marine Laboratory released eight Kemp’s ridley sea turtles from Mote’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital. These turtles, plus a ninth Kemp’s and one green sea turtle still at Mote, came to Florida on Dec. 8 as part of a team effort to rehabilitate 46 cold-stunned turtles initially...