Today, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s 39th Annual Run for the Turtles welcomed nearly 1,100 runners to Siesta Key Beach and virtual tracks around the globe. Participants took part in the 1-mile ...

Whether you're planning a wedding, corporate event or your holiday festivities, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium has just the right venue to fit your needs. Today's Research for Tomorrow's Oceans Set ...

Whether you're planning a wedding, corporate event or your holiday festivities, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium has just the right venue to fit your needs. Today's Research for Tomorrow's Oceans ...

Experience the awe-inspiring beauty of Mote SEA’s Aquarium Venue Exploration Hall, a breathtaking 10,000-square-foot space designed to captivate and inspire. Home to a spectacular 400,000-gallon tank, ...

Complete our strong rebound from the hurricane impacts of 2024 with no interruptions to our vital marine science, conservation, and wildlife rehabilitation Open Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote ...

A baby staghorn coral begins its life in Mote Marine Laboratory’s coral nursery. There, native corals are bred to be tough against the challenges pummeling coral reefs. Has grown because you nurtured ...

Nurse sharks are mostly nocturnal, meaning they sleep during the day and hunt at night. Nurse sharks hang out on the ocean floor, hiding in the sand and preying on any bottom dwelling creatures that ...

This fish species can swim up to 98 feet (30 meters) deep. Barred thicklip wrasses filter feed for their food by taking in sand and eating any invertebrates or marine debris they may catch. After they ...

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Operating in tandem with Mote’s Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative, the Ron and Marla Wolf Seagrass Restoration Center for Ocean Sustainability (Center) will address many immediate ...

These corals only spawn once a year. Using its polyp tentacles, finger coral catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. They also have a special algae—called zooxanthellae– in their tissues ...

These corals will extend their tentacles during the day and retract them at night. Using its tiny polyp tentacles, these corals will catch and eat smaller marine organisms that drift by. They also ...