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Sarasota dolphins busy reproducing in Bay
The local dolphin community has had a record year for calves, according to the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (SDRP), a Chicago Zoological Society (CZS) program in collaboration with Mote Marine Laboratory. During the 2017 calving season, 19 calves have been documented by SDRP, the world’s longest-running study of a wild dolphin population. These 19 calves […]
Twenty Fraser Dolphins stranded; Mote responds following resident alerts
An 81-inch-long, 158 pound male did not rejoin the rest of the group despite an attempt by responders to send it back.
Impact of Tropical Storm Emily felt on beach
Mote scientists are documenting which nests are present, re-posting marking stakes if they have been washed away and collecting data about the current status of nests, while continuing their regular monitoring of new nests and hatches.
Mote names new officers and trustees
Mote Marine Laboratory’s Board of Trustees elected Lido Shores resident Robert A. Essner as Chairman of the Board.
Mote, Netflix focus on coral health
The filmmakers focus on coral bleaching and death caused by increased water temperatures, which are driven in large part by human activities adding carbon dioxide to Earth’s atmosphere.
Turtles careen into furniture left on Longboat Key beaches
‘The same stuff is left out weekly and it is obvious that the law is not being enforced.’
Beach furniture ensnares nesting turtles
‘This saddens and angers me that people are uneducated and/or don’t care about our marine life.’
Mote releases snook with data research transponders
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists released approximately 450 juvenile snook into Phillippi Creek in Sarasota County on Tuesday, June 13, for ongoing studies of habitat-use patterns of these important sportfish. The fish were raised at Mote Aquaculture Research Park (MAP) and fitted with PIT tags (passive integrated transponders), which will be detected when the snook swim […]
New study: Could acidifying oceans slow down coral disease?
Coral reefs face intensifying struggles as greenhouse gases warm and acidify the ocean, but new research suggests a potential silver lining: Some coral diseases might also dwindle amid environmental change. A controlled lab study led by Mote Marine Laboratory and published June 1 in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE revealed that black band disease was […]