Corals show first signs they are capable of producing new generations of corals on their own.

The holes appear to host diverse biological communities full of marine life, including corals, sponges, mollusks, sea turtles and sharks.

The first released was a juvenile green sea turtle juvenile, nicknamed “Hookee.”

SeaWorld Orlando transported both the manatee and its calf to Sarasota, where a team from FWC and Mote assisted with the release near Mote’s campus.

Stony coral tissue loss disease has spread like wildfire through Florida’s Coral Reef.

Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are launching a new, underwater spawning nursery for elkhorn coral.

The request emanates from Mote’s plan to build a Science Education Aquarium at Benderson Park near the University Parkway and I-75.

City Commission cites red tide as major reason to object to net pen of 20,000 fish.

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 and volunteers, students learned best fishing practices and environmental stewardship, toured […]

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 that mean for recreational fishing? What […]