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Mote Marine Laboratory found evidence that two nesting sea turtles dragged beach furniture caught on their upper shells during the past week on Longboat Key — a reminder that southwest Floridians should remove beach furniture at night to protect these threatened and endangered reptiles. Loggerhead...
Sarasota-Manatee high school students are invited to apply by June 7 for Mote Marine Laboratory’s Ocean Technology Club, which begins its fall meetings on Sept. 7, 2017. The club will allow selected students and teachers to explore oceanography, physics, chemistry, electronic circuitry and computer...
Mote Marine Laboratory high school interns invite fellow students ages 14-18 for an island clean up 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 15. Registration is required. Check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m. by the whale statue near the entrance to Mote Aquarium (Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson...
Sea turtle nesting season starts May 1 in southwest Florida — are you ready to keep your beaches turtle-friendly? Learn why sea turtles dig the dark and how to minimize artificial light along their nesting beaches during two April 5 workshops presented by the Sea Turtle Conservancy: Venice:...
Hear true stories of marine research from scientists who dive hundreds of feet, tag big sharks, collect fish poop, and have many other adventures in the name of research and conservation, in the new podcast “Two Sea Fans.” In each episode, Mote Marine Laboratory scientists and their partners have...
Nearly $7,000 was donated to Mote Marine Laboratory recently in honor of 13-year old Lucie Gray-Miller for her bat mitzvah, a Jewish celebration when a female becomes an adult. The funds will support Mote’s Manatee Research Program and Mote’s resident manatees, Hugh and Buffett. Gray-Miller chose...
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...
The Sarasota Bay Fisheries forum — a group for anglers, scientists and others seeking to proactively address fisheries management and science topics in the Sarasota Bay area — is gearing up for its free December meeting. During the meeting Dr. Kellie Dixon, Manager of the Chemical and Physical...
On Thursday, Nov. 10, Mote Marine Laboratory hosted a Teach-a-Kid Fishing & Ecology Clinic for James Tillman Elementary School students to discover the fun of sustainable fishing — not to mention why fish are so slippery, how to do the fishy art of Gyotaku and how young anglers can make a “reel”...
South Marco, Seagate, Vanderbilt and Barefoot beaches recently became the first Collier County sites to report beach conditions to the public through Mote Marine Laboratory’s Beach Conditions Reporting System (BCRS). The BCRS (www.visitbeaches.org) provides twice-daily updates on conditions like...