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Aly Busse interacting with students during an education program in 2018. Credit: Conor Goulding / Mote
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Mote educator tapped to lead education committee for marine laboratories nationwide

June 29, 2020 | Hayley Rutger

Aly Busse, Assistant Vice President for Education at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, has been named Chair of the National Association of Marine Laboratories’ (NAML’s) new Education Committee—a prominent leadership role and exciting opportunity for Mote to spearhead improved strategies for...

Mote scientists during a dive at the Captiva blue hole
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Mote Marine Laboratory to be featured on PBS program Changing Seas

June 19, 2020 | mote

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is excited to announce that its groundbreaking research on blue holes will be featured on South Florida PBS’s Emmy-award winning original series, Changing Seas, during its 12th season premiere on two television stations: WPBT on June 24 at 8 p.m. and WXEL on June...

Two Manatees in southwest Florida. Credit: Mote Marine Labratory
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Respect and protect marine wildlife this Memorial Day and year ‘round

May 21, 2020 | Hayley Rutger

As people return to local beaches and visit local waters by boat for Memorial Day, Mote Marine Laboratory reminds everyone to respect and protect marine life. Social distancing might be new to humans, but marine animals have always needed safe, undisturbed space for essential behaviors such as feeding,...

Dr. Jake Lasala, a Mote Postdoctoral Research Fellow studying sea turtles
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New sea turtle scientist expanding Mote’s research this nesting season

April 27, 2020 | Hayley Rutger

PHOTO BELOW: NESTING LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (MOST LOGGERHEADS NEST AT NIGHT, AND DAYTIME SIGHTINGS ARE RARER). CREDIT: MOTE MARINE LABORATORY. MOTE'S SEA TURTLE ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED UNDER FWC MARINE TURTLE PERMITS 027, 054, 070, 048, AND 028. THE PUBLIC SHOULD NEVER APPROACH OR INTERACT WITH SEA TURTLES. Just...

Gov. DeSantis speaks about corals with Mote President & CEO Dr. Michael P. Crosby and state leaders.
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Mote joins state leaders to highlight coral reefs during Super Bowl LIV

February 03, 2020 | Hayley Rutger

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 also stationed to educate crowds gathering for Super Bowl LIV. Governor...

Mote's Dr. Nathan Brennan shows a Brentwood Elementary student how to fish. Credit: Mote Marine Laboratory
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Fifth-graders learn sustainable fishing from reel pros at Mote event

November 21, 2019 | Hayley Rutger

A group of 97 fifth-graders from Brentwood Elementary School in Sarasota County discovered the fun of sustainable fishing during Mote Marine Laboratory’s Teach-A-Kid Fishing & Ecology Clinic on Nov. 19 at Mote Aquaculture Research Park in eastern Sarasota County. Guided by Mote scientists, educators...

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Manatee misconceptions to make you laugh and think

November 20, 2019 | Hayley Rutger

Florida manatees. Credit: Conor Goulding/Mote Marine Laboratory   Mote Marine Laboratory's Manatee Research Program studies and monitors Florida manatees to inform management and conservation. In the process, Mote scientists end up answering some fascinating and funny questions from the public....

Common snook illustration by Hayley Rutger
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In red tide’s wake, snook science to the rescue

November 07, 2019 | Stephannie Kettle

During fall 2018, Florida red tide—a harmful bloom of Karenia brevis algae—intensified to a level that many marine animals could not survive. Of special concern was the impact on spawning female snook. If snook females full of eggs were dying, what would that mean for future generations? What did...

Intern Anaga Davi works in the microbiology lab at Mote in 2016.
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Mote receives prestigious new grant to establish Center of Excellence

August 09, 2019 | mote

Aug. 9, 2019  – SARASOTA, Fla. – Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, is extremely pleased to announce that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has granted a three-year, $1.5-million award for Mote to serve as the lead institution for establishing the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation...

Ross Johnston, Education Specialist for Virtual Learning, reads an interactive storybook about dolphins to students in Arizona.
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Mote’s Digital Education Program recognized for excellence in virtual learning

August 07, 2019 | mote

Mote Marine Laboratory’s virtual learning program, SEAtrek.TV, earned the prestigious Pinnacle Award for educational, interactive videoconferencing for the 2018-2019 school year from the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC). The Pinnacle Award recognizes CILC content providers from...

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