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During 2016, Mote Marine Laboratory began a new chapter in its 61-year mission of today’s research for tomorrow’s oceans, thanks to the humbling generosity of 23,000 supporters. These supporters of all ages committed nearly $52 million in donations to Mote’s first-ever comprehensive fundraising...
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 efforts benefiting the oceans and those who depend on them. These gifts will help you avoid...
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 exhibit,” said Evan Barniskis, Assistant Vice President of Mote...
Electric vehicles and other eco-friendly technologies showed their power during “Electrify the Island”: the Sarasota-based kickoff event for the fifth annual National Drive Electric Week, which featured local events across the nation. It was Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium’s third year hosting...
Dr. Eugenie Clark — the world-famous "Shark Lady" who founded Mote Marine Laboratory — was a visionary researcher and a trailblazer for women in science, especially the study of sharks and other fishes. To honor the memory of Clark, who passed away at age 92 on Feb. 25., and to continue inspiring...
Mote Marine Laboratory is proud to look back on 2014: a year filled with extraordinary stories of marine science, conservation, animal rescues, public education and more. In 2015, Mote will celebrate its 60th anniversary. In 1955, Mote's founding "Shark Lady," Dr. Eugenie Clark, started the one-room...
Cephalopod Specialist Brian Siegel is once again tending to some eight-tentacled babies behind the scenes in The Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory. You may remember hearing about the tiny Caribbean pygmy octopuses (Octopus mercatoris) Siegel was raising in March when pictures of one of them “dancing”...
As 2013 winds down, Mote Marine Laboratory is looking to the future — to exciting new directions for our world-class marine science and education, to the next generation of exceptional marine researchers and to hope for tomorrow’s oceans. This year, Mote’s new President and CEO, Dr. Michael...