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Today, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s 40th Annual Run for the Turtles welcomed 1,245 runners to Siesta Key Beach and virtual tracks around the globe. Participants took part in the 1-mile fun...
Today, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s 39th Annual Run for the Turtles welcomed nearly 1,100 runners to Siesta Key Beach and virtual tracks around the globe. Participants took part in the 1-mile fun run and...
Mote Marine Laboratory is excited to announce that its Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2026 season! On Monday, April 27, STCRP’s...
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Program (STCRP) has been monitoring sea turtle nests since...
Final Disposition Released 12 July 2013 Chelsea upon admission 2/20 Turtle was found floating offshore and was lethargic with multiple small pink abrasions. 2/21 Bloodwork...
Celebrate 40 years of running for a cause! Run, walk or crawl and help us raise funds for endangered and threatened sea turtles during this...
Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented a historic nesting season in 2025, with 5,73
Mote’s highly anticipated, sanctioned 5K is an annual event which provides support for Mote’s Sea...
To better protect endangered green sea turtles Chelonia mydas, a more thorough understanding of the behaviors of each life stage is needed. Although dive profile analyses obtained using time-depth loggers have provided some insights...
Return to Mote SEA galleries Explore our Gulf Coast waters and enjoy some of the biggest...
Mote Marine Laboratory is excited to announce that its Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2025 season! On Saturday, April 26, STCRP’s Sea Turtle Patrol...
As Atlantic temperatures drop into the 50s, hundreds of green sea turtles are being rescued from the frigid waters off Florida’s East Coast. This week alone, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation...
Sea turtles are highly migratory and predominantly inhabit oceanic environments, which poses significant challenges to the study of their life cycles. Research has traditionally focused on nesting females, utilizing nest counts and...
Unlike other turtles, leatherbacks' have soft shells that aren't directly visible because they're covered by a thick layer of black or brown leathery skin, hence their name. This physical adaptation allows leatherbacks to venture...
On Monday morning, August 12, Mote Marine Laboratory released a 154-pound, about 3-foot-long, subadult, female loggerhead sea turtle nicknamed "Lil' Dougie" off Siesta Key Beach. Lil' Dougie's journey began on Memorial Day, May...
The underlying cause(s) of the carapacial infections reported here remains unknown. Although the condition resolved during the course of our study and was not believed to jeopardize survival of affected females; skin infections can...
In this case study, phage therapy was applied to treat a multidrug-resistant case of septicemic cutaneous ulcerative disease (SCUD) caused by Citrobacter freundii in a loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta. Phages were applied topically,...
A central question in contemporary ecology is how climate change will alter ecosystem structure and function across scales of space and time. Climate change has been shown to alter ecological patterns from individuals to ecosystems,...
Boaters: Protect Sea Turtles Sea turtles are threatened...
Sea Turtle Conservation & Research URE Internship Mentor: Dr. Jake Lasala The Sea...
Marine Mammal & Sea Turtle Stranding Investigations URE Internship Mentor: Gretchen Lovewell, Helen...
Event details April 11, 2026 • 8:00 a.m. Siesta Key Beach Celebrate 40 years of...
Sea Turtle Conservation & Research REU Internship Mentor: Dr. Jake Lasala The Sea...
Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local sea turtle nest of the 2024 season on Sunday, April 28, on Venice Beach! This marks the beginning of a crucial period for...
Marine Mammal & Sea Turtle Stranding Investigations REU Internship Mentor: Gretchen Lovewell Mote's Stranding...
Stranding Investigations Internship The Stranding Investigations Program provides response provides 24-hour response to sick, injured and deceased...
Sea Turtle Conservation & Research: Nighttime Tagging Internship Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program...
Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Internship Join Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Program (STCRP) and...
The Arthur Vining Davis Library & Archives at Mote Marine Laboratory was founded in 1978 with the mission of providing access to scholarly materials that support world-class research and increase the understanding of marine and...
