Mote joins state leaders to highlight coral reefs during Super Bowl LIV
Mote Marine Laboratory’s President & CEO joined Florida’s Governor, state agency leaders and partners at all levels to raise awareness for coral reefs on Jan. 30 in Miami, where Mote’s traveling exhibit Sanctuary Reef was...
Coral ‘matchmaker’ breeds threatened species
Florida’s coral reefs have enough problems—unprecedented levels of coral disease, climate change, pollution and hurricanes—without struggling to reproduce sexually. But struggle they do. As environmental stress grows and coral...
Mote Coral Research Supported by New Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Grant
With strategic support from the Jacksonville, Florida-based Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is continuing to push forward with its vital coral research and...
Mote Scientist Earns Prestigious Presidential Award for Coral Research
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is extremely honored to announce that Dr. Erinn Muller, Science Director of Mote’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef...
Founders Garden Club supports coral disease research at Mote Marine Laboratory
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium coral scientists may get one step closer to better understanding a devastating coral disease with the help of a new grant from the Founders Garden Club of Sarasota. The Founders Garden Club,...
Mote battles unprecedented threat to Florida’s coral reefs
New research results, expanded restoration efforts target stony coral tissue loss outbreak Florida’s coral reefs are facing an unprecedented, deadly and rapidly spreading coral disease outbreak — putting...
Teachers: New resource helps students investigate corals and climate
High school and undergraduate educators can access a new, free lesson to help their students investigate the impacts of varying climate and other ocean conditions on coral reefs. The guided, inquiry-based lesson “How Do Upwelling...
End-of-year update: Coral-saving knowledge exchanged at Reef Futures symposium
Science-based coral reef restoration took the spotlight during six Mote Marine Laboratory research presentations at the 2018 Reef Futures Symposium, hosted by the Coral Restoration Consortium during December 2018 in Key Largo. A total...
Mote-led initiative will restore resilient corals across 130 acres thanks to new grant
Mote Marine Laboratory and partners will restore 70,000 coral “seeds” across 130 acres of depleted Florida reefs over three years — prioritizing coral genetic varieties resilient to disease and climate change impacts — thanks...
New study: Coral bleaching increases disease risk in threatened species
Researchers highlight the need to increase genetic diversity among staghorn corals to prevent further loss in the Florida Reef Tract, U.S. --- Bleaching events caused by rising water temperatures could increase...
June 23: Learn to monitor for coral bleaching during Mote’s training at Marathon Library
Learn to monitor for coral bleaching — a significant challenge for Florida Keys reefs — during the next talk in Mote Marine Laboratory’s monthly lecture series from 3-4 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Marathon Branch...
New Study shows local environmental stressors reduce resiliency of Red Sea corals to global change
Ocean acidification (OA) is hard to describe. Many do not realize it's even there, but why would they? It doesn’t have a taste or smell. Despite its mysterious nature, OA is impacting the ocean at an exponential rate. Scientists...
Coral disease ‘firebreak’ works in short term. Next goal: Making it last
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...
BleachWatch program seeks volunteers to monitor corals in Florida Keys
Mote scientists will host a training session at 6 p.m. April 18 on Summerland Key for divers and snorkelers interested in volunteering for the Florida Keys BleachWatch program. This program provides early warnings of potential coral...
500 Corals in a Day: Heroes Help Rebuild a Florida Keys Reef
Written by: Nadine Slimak Stellar scientists, hero veterans and future leaders planted 500 corals near Looe Key this week, marking the sixth year of a unique partnership involving science, conservation and restoration. Some...
High schoolers from U.S. Virgin Islands help Florida scientists study corals
High schoolers from the U.S. Virgin Islands helped conduct coral reef research this month in the Florida Keys, mentored by a Mote Marine Laboratory scientist who received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the variability...
Immerse yourself in Florida’s coral reefs at Mote Aquarium
Mote Aquarium invites you to marvel at Florida’s coral reefs and learn about the many threats they face today in the new exhibit Florida’s Coral Reefs, which opened to the public Saturday, Aug. 13. “This is truly an awe inspiring...
BleachWatch program needs volunteers to monitor corals in Florida Keys
With coral bleaching prevalent worldwide — and recently breaking records off Australia — U.S. scientists are eager to learn how their home reefs will weather the summer heat. Now, Mote Marine Laboratory is seeking volunteers to...
Celebrate Oceans, Support Coral Reefs on April 4 in the Keys
Sea fans, get ready for the 6th Annual Florida Keys Ocean Festival & Waterfront Craft Show — a free day of ocean-themed education and fun from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at the...
Mission to Restore Keys Coral Reef a Success
Over the past two weeks, several groups have conducted a Mote Marine Laboratory partnership mission to restore coral. Working with Mote scientists, members of SCUBAnauts International, Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge and Gold Star...
Florida Legislator Wowed by Mote’s Coral Research in the Keys
State Rep. Holly Merrill Raschein, R-Key Largo, visited Mote’s Tropical Research Laboratory on Summerland Key — and went diving in Mote’s coral restoration nursery — on Friday, June 6 to learn how Mote is studying and restoring...
Antibiotic type and dose variably affect microbiomes of a disease-resistant Acropora cervicornis genotype
As coral diseases become more prevalent and frequent, the need for new intervention strategies also increases to counteract the rapid spread of disease. Recent advances in coral disease mitigation have resulted in increased use of...
Eva laxo
Eva Laxo joined Mote’s Volunteer team as Upper Keys Volunteer Coordinator in April 2025. Growing up in San Francisco, California, she fell in love with marine science and chose to dedicate her life...
Adam Lambright
Growing up in Denver Colorado, the ocean was always a big part of Adam's life. At a young age his passion grew as he learned more about the extreme issues facing coral reefs and ecosystems world wide....
Thermal stress reveals a genotype-specific tradeoff between growth and tissue loss in restored Acropora cervicornis
Coral restoration is gaining attention as a viable strategy to restore degraded reefs, with large-scale restoration efforts underway worldwide. However, our understanding of the drivers of restoration success lags behind restoration...
Ryan Whitehead
Ryan is a Staff Biologist in the Coral Reef Restoration Research Program at the Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration (IC2R3) in Summerland Key. Ryan completed his Masters degree at the University...
Ashlyn Shattuck
Ashlyn is the Education Coordinator for Mote's Upper Keys locations, including Key Largo and Islamorada. With her educational background in Biology, and her extensive work with children and youth groups,...
Dr. Dominique Gallery
Dr. Gallery joined Mote in 2024 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Seagrass Ecosystem Restoration research program after completing a Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Texas...