Rare Shark Tagged Near Cuba "Phones Home" Near U.S. Coast
A rare longfin mako shark satellite-tagged near Cuba recently "phoned home" off the U.S. Atlantic coast, say Mote Marine Laboratory scientists and colleagues who tagged the mako during the first-ever...
View ArticleOtters Coming in 2016 to Mote Aquarium in Sarasota
Meet the furry faces of Florida's watershed ecosystems in the special exhibit "Otters & Their Waters," opening in early 2016 at Mote Aquarium in Sarasota, Fla.
View ArticleGreenhouse Gas Can Escape the Deep Ocean in Surprising Way, New Study Says
A new scientific journal article reports that carbon dioxide can emerge from the deep ocean in a surprising way -- a new piece of the global carbon "puzzle" that researchers must solve to fully...
View ArticleStudy: Shark with Lowest-Known Metabolism Is a Sluggish Success
Laziness can help you succeed... if you're a nurse shark. A new research paper from Mote Marine Laboratory reveals that nurse sharks have the lowest metabolic rate measured in any shark -- new evidence...
View ArticleBleachwatch Program Needs Volunteers to Monitor Corals in Florida Keys
With coral bleaching prevalent worldwide -- and recently breaking records off Australia -- U.S. scientists are eager to learn how their home reefs will weather the summer heat. Now, Mote Marine...
View ArticleDo Sharks Survive After the Hook?
Fitbit-like sensors are the best tools for monitoring whether sharks survive catch-and-release fishing -- essential data for fisheries management -- according to a peer-reviewed study published June 23...
View ArticleScientists, Teens and Veterans to Mark 5th Year of Coral Restoration in the...
On Monday, July 18, members of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge and SCUBAnauts International will join forces with scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory to plant nursery-grown corals near Looe Key...
View ArticleInitiative to Restore One Million CoralsLaunches in the Caribbean and Florida...
MIAMI, Florida - Mote Marine Laboratory and The Nature Conservancy are partnering on a coral conservation initiative that will enable coral restoration at unprecedented scales throughout the Caribbean...
View ArticleWhite House to Recognize Florida Aquaculture Scientist as Sustainable Seafood...
The White House will recognize Dr. Kevan Main of Mote Marine Laboratory as one of 12 Champions of Change for Sustainable Seafood on Friday, Oct. 7. Main's sustainable aquaculture research is critical -...
View ArticleLittle-Studied Coral Reefs of Saudi Arabia Explored with Launch of Extensive...
U.S. and Saudi Arabian scientists launched the most extensive baseline survey to-date of coral reef ecosystems along the Saudi coast of the Gulf of Aqaba during late September 2016 -- investigating...
View ArticleFeeding Wild Dolphins Can Hurt Them, New Study Says
Wild dolphins are more likely to be injured if humans feed them -- even through unintentional means like discarding bait -- reports a new study based in Sarasota Bay, Florida, and published recently in...
View ArticleSeagrasses in World Heritage Site Not Recovered Years After Heat Wave
Massive seagrass beds in Western Australia's Shark Bay -- a UNESCO World Heritage Site -- haven't recovered much from the devastating heat wave of 2011, according to a new study demonstrating how...
View ArticleNew Study: Could Acidifying Oceans Slow Down Coral Disease?
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 less deadly to mountainous star coral (Orbicella...
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