satellite tag Archives | Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium Today's Research for Tomorrow's Oceans Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:17:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Mote releases sea turtle “Steve” with satellite tag to improve conservation efforts https://mote.org/news/mote-releases-sea-turtle-steve-with-satellite-tag-to-improve-conservation-efforts/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:20:19 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=2049 Thursday morning, June 1, Mote Marine Laboratory released a male loggerhead sea turtle, nicknamed “Steve,” that has been outfitted with a satellite tag by Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch, which …

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]]> What’s an Arctic shark doing in the Caribbean? https://mote.org/news/whats-an-arctic-shark-doing-in-the-caribbean/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 23:29:59 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=2592 A half-blind shark that is typically thought to live in freezing Arctic waters, scavenge on polar bear carcasses and survive for hundreds of years, recently turned up in perhaps an …

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]]> Mote’s white shark research gets fin-tastic boost from Disney Conservation Fund https://mote.org/news/motes-white-shark-research-gets-fin-tastic-boost-from-disney-conservation-fund/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:38:36 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=3277 Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is pleased to announce that support from the Disney Conservation Fund (DCF) will aid Mote’s mission of studying white sharks, their life cycle and habitat …

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]]> Social distancing may be new for humans, not so much for whale sharks https://mote.org/news/social-distancing-may-be-new-for-humans-not-so-much-for-whale-sharks/ Thu, 07 May 2020 20:05:01 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=3816 In 2007 scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory and Ch’ooj Ajauil AC placed a location-tracking tag on a whale shark nicknamed “Rio Lady” and documented her epic migration spanning close to …

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]]> Name a satellite-tagged sea turtle! https://mote.org/news/name-a-satellite-tagged-sea-turtle/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 18:27:47 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=7277 “Name Me” has a name! Contest winner Carol Bishop named the turtle Cecil, in honor of her mother. Thanks to Carol for her support of Mote’s sea turtle research. Follow …

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