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In 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species assessed sharks and their relatives, rays, skates and chimeras, and found about one-third of all species were threatened with extinction. In that assessment, overfishing represented a universal risk to the...
Sharks are awesome — and so is the science that helps us understand them! Join us for the fourth annual Shark Days at Mote: Real Sharks, Real Science. From July 25-28, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium will feature an array of family events and activities centered around these amazing animals. Event...
Join Mote Marine Laboratory for the third annual Shark Days at Mote: Real Sharks, Real Science. From June 26-July 1, 2017, Mote will dive into the research on these incredible animals during a week of events, activities and jaw-some fun for the whole family. Details and registration: www.mote.org/sharkdays This...
Tuesday Dec. 21, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists together with scientists from the University of Havana published the first-ever peer-reviewed scientific paper on the movements and habitat use of the longfin mako, a rare and vulnerable species of shark. The study is based on two longfin makos tagged...
FROM LEFT: MOTE SCIENTISTS DR. ROBERT HUETER AND DR. KIM RITCHIE, AND CUBAN SCIENTISTS ALEXEI RUIZ ABIERNO OF UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA AND DR. FABIÁN PINA AMARGÓS OF CUBA’S CENTER FOR COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH RIDE THROUGH A MANGROVE CHANNEL DURING THE FEBRUARY 2015 EXPEDITION TO STUDY SHARKS AND...
Kids around the world can watch “Sharks Alive!” – a free webcast by Mote Marine Laboratory via Google Hangouts and Youtube from 10 – 10:25 a.m. EST on Earth Day, April 22. “Sharks Alive!” will focus on shark research at Mote Marine Laboratory — home to the nation’s only Center for...