Mote members celebrated Mother’s Day during the special event Moms, Manatees, Martinis on May 10 at Mote Aquarium. Guests enjoyed beverages generously provided by Shark Tooth Distillery, relaxed with ...

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is proud to announce the arrival of its first two manatee rehabilitation patients, Cabbage and Sleet, marking a major milestone in manatee conservation. This transfer ...

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Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium released two sub-adult loggerhead sea turtles—nicknamed “Grimm” and “Monique”—back into the Gulf following successful rehabilitation at Mote’s Sea Turtle ...

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Mote Marine Laboratory is excited to announce that its Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2025 season! On Saturday, April 26, ...

These fish stick to fairly shallow environments, only swimming to a maximum depth of 162 feet (50 meters). Blue spotted rock cod are red-brown in color with small turquoise dots covering their entire ...

Mote Marine Laboratory is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively seeks to diversify its work force. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color ...

Unlike many other species of rays, lesser devil rays do not have a spine in their tails. The lesser devil ray's diet consists of pelagic plankton- small organisms found floating in the water column.

Yellow cup corals usually retract their polyp tentacles at night and extend them during the day. Using their polyps, yellow cup corals filter organic compounds and small marine organisms from the ...

Silky sharks can live up to 30 years. The silky shark feeds on schooling fish, particularly tuna. They also eat mullet, mackerel, porcupinefish, cephalopods (squid and octopus), and sometimes crabs.