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Uplift your family and friends while benefiting the oceans with one of the holiday gifts below. All gifts help support Mote Marine Laboratory’s world-class research, conservation, education and animal-care...
Tropical Storm Hermine affected most of the sea turtle nests remaining on Longboat Key through Venice during late August and early September, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists report. Fortunately, the area has hosted a record number...
Wednesday, July 27, Lexi Mariash, a local 13-year-old philanthropist, presented Mote Marine Laboratory with a check for $6,898 to benefit sea turtle conservation and research. Mariash raised the funds at her second annual mini-golf...
Bradenton Christian School’s sixth grade class raised $876 to benefit Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Hospital. The class held a fundraiser April 21 and 22 and sold baked goods and turtle-themed merchandise. All proceeds...
Dean Cutshall, now 73 years old, first put his feet forward for turtle research and conservation 30 years ago on the beautiful sand of Siesta Key for Mote Marine Laboratory’s Run for the Turtles. Cutshall just happened to be in...
Mote Marine Laboratory documented the first local sea turtle nest of the year Saturday, April 30, on Longboat Key. Then Mote found a second nest Sunday on Casey Key and a third nest Monday on Longboat Key. The first local nest of...
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are excited to share the encouraging, preliminary results of their annual count of Southwest Florida sea turtle nests. During the 2015 nesting season that began May 1, Mote-monitored beaches from...
A large, adult male sea turtle who was hit by a boat, missing part of his flipper and unable to dive well was rescued Sunday, June 28, in Lyons Bay in Nokomis by members of the Venice Police Marine Patrol, the Florida Fish and Wildlife...
Mote Marine Laboratory recently received a generous grant of $7,500 from Wells Fargo for rescue and rehabilitation of endangered sea turtles. This is the company’s third grant for Mote’s care of these federally protected marine...
The first sea turtle hatchlings of 2014 emerged this week in the area patrolled by Mote Marine Laboratory, which monitors nesting from Longboat Key through Venice. The hatched loggerhead sea turtle nest was reported Sunday, June...
Memorial Day is just around the corner! As the weather warms up and you head out to enjoy Southwest Florida's coastal waters this boating season, please be mindful of those below! Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium recommends that...
Final Disposition Died on November 7, 2007 of unknown causes Lateral view of turtle on arrival. 10/19 Turtle, a mature male, was found this afternoon in the surf zone...
Final Disposition Released 6 December 2012 Grizzly upon arrival. 10/19 Turtle was found floating in seaweed by a dock in a red tide area. There are no typical outward signs of red tide...
Grinch Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) (ST12053) Age ClassJuvenileGenderUnknownDate StrandedNovember 25, 2012Location of StrandingBarnstable, MassachusettsDate of ArrivalDecember 22, 2012Number of Days of Care166...
Final Disposition Euthanized 08/11/2022 Turtle was found floating out in the Everglades. Animal was rescued and transported to Mote for rehabilitation. Initial exam findings indicate animal...
Final Disposition Released 12/08/2017 Turtle originally stranded in Massachusetts during a cold stun event. Animal was triaged at New England Aquarium and was flown down, along with 45 other...
Final Disposition Released 12/08/2017 Turtle originally stranded in Massachusetts during a cold stun event. Animal was triaged at New England Aquarium and was flown down, along with 45 other...
Dreidel Green (Chelonia mydas) Age ClassJuvenileGenderUnknownDate StrandedNovember 15, 2017Location of StrandingBarnstable County, MADate of ArrivalDecember 8, 2017Number of Days of Care70 days Final Disposition
Final Disposition Died 03/07/2021 Juvenile green sea turtle stranded at St. Augustine Beach, St. Johns County. Animal was lethargic and covered in epibiota. 03/09/2021 Due...
Final Disposition Released 12/08/2017 Turtle originally stranded in Massachusetts during a cold stun event. Animal was triaged at New England Aquarium and was flown down, along with 45 other...
Date Stranded - Unknown Final Disposition Released 1-20-2010 1/18 Caruso was one of four sea turtles brought to Mote after first being treated at C.R.O.W. (Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife)...
Final Disposition Released 9 January 2013 Cindy upon arrival. Cindy is one of several sea turtles rescued as part of a mass stranding event in Massachusetts due to cold water temperatures. Sea turtles, which...
Cocoa Green (Chelonia mydas) (ST1027) Age ClassSubadultGenderUnknownDate StrandedLocation of StrandingTitusville areaDate of ArrivalOctober 31, 2010Number of Days of Care1157 days Final Disposition Released
Final Disposition Released 12/08/2017 Turtle originally stranded in Massachusetts during a cold stun event. Animal was triaged at New England Aquarium and was flown down, along with 45 other...
Buck Green (Chelonia mydas) (ST1024) Age ClassSubadultGenderUnknownDate StrandedLocation of StrandingTitusville areaDate of ArrivalJanuary 13, 2010Number of Days of Care1449 days Final Disposition Released
Final Disposition Released January 21, 2010 1/11 Cold-stunned turtle was brought to the hospital by staff from the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program. Program staff found the turtle as they were performing...
Final Disposition Released 03/07/2021 Juvenile green sea turtle stranded at New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County. Animal was lethargic and covered in epibiota. 03/09/2021 Due...
Final Disposition Released 1/11 Turtle is a juvenile green brought to Mote by Anna Maria Island Turtle watch from Bradenton Beach after being cold stunned. Turtle weighs 3.5 kg with a 31.3 cm-long carapace.
Number of Days of Care - 1016 days Final Disposition Deemed non-releasable and now living at the Idaho Aquarium 3/22 Beam was transferred to Mote by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
