Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium

Aquarium · Sarasota, FL, USA

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Two Mote Marine Laboratory staff in blue shirts kneel on a Sarasota County beach, one driving a marked wooden stake into the sand beside a sea turtle nest while the other points along the shoreline.

Conservation Projects

4,928 Nests, 35 Miles, and 253 That Went the Wrong Way

Mote Marine Laboratory’s sea turtle patrol has closed the 2026 nesting season with ...

A diver working over a coral nursery structure on the reef

Conservation Projects

Mote Is Pulling Coral Off the Reef Again

When the water in the Florida Keys gets above 87 degrees for long ...

A researcher holding a mountainous star coral at a coral gene bank

Conservation Projects

They Tested 154 Corals. Twelve Held Up.

Mote Marine Laboratory tested 154 genetically distinct mountainous star corals against the disease ...

Florida's Protect Our Reefs specialty license plate, showing a reef scene with corals, tropical fish and a diver, and the tag number 4 REEF.

Conservation Projects

Mote Awards $365,000 in Protect Our Reefs Grants

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium has awarded more than $365,000 to coral reef ...

A wide sea turtle crawl track and the churned mound of a fresh nest in damp gray and gold sand at first light, with small waves breaking along the shoreline at the top of the frame

Conservation Projects

A Loggerhead Opens Mote’s 45th Nesting Season

A loggerhead came ashore on Venice Beach, Florida, on Monday, April 27, 2026, ...

Dolphin calf rescued from entangled fishing gear in Sarasota Bay, Florida

North America

Successful Rescue of Entangled Dolphin Calf in Sarasota Bay

Sarasota Bay, Florida, witnessed a heartwarming rescue effort on Feb. 21, 2023, as ...