Mote Marine Laboratory

LCSO Deputy Nicholas Velotta worked with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission and the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation Saturday afternoon to rescue this injured sea turtle off Fort Myers Beach. The turtle was eventually turned over to Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium for treatment.

Combined effort helps injured sea turtle on Fort Myers Beach

WGCU Staff

A 300-pound male loggerhead sea turtle discovered in distress on Fort Myers Beach is undergoing treatment after it was rescued Saturday afternoon.

Mahomes, a loggerhead rehabilitated and released by Mote Marine Lab and The Florida Aquarium on Anna Maria Island May 30 2023

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Two sea turtles made ill by red tide toxins, recover and are released into the Gulf of Mexico

Tom Bayles

A pair of sea turtles found dazed and confused by red tide toxins in Sarasota County in February were returned to the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday after being nursed back to health

“Lilly” was found floating on the south end of Naples Bay and transported to Mote’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital on March 30. She and and another loggerhead turtle, “Farmer” were released from Lido Beach in Sarasota on Tuesday after recovering from red tide toxins at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.

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Loggerheads rescued from Naples, Manatee County returned to Gulf

WGCU Staff

Two loggerhead sea turtles, nicknamed “Lilly” and “Farmer,” were released from Lido Beach on Tuesday after recovering from red tide toxins at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.

Research involving Chicago Zoological Society's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium found bottlenose dolphins encountering a strong red tide will “cough” and “sneeze” in ways similar to humans with a bad cold

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Bless you: Red tide can make dolphins 'cough' and 'sneeze'

Tom Bayles

Dolphins have respiratory systems that can become congested or infected, which can cause them to cough hard enough to clear the airways and remove mucus, irritants, or other substances that may be blocking the airways or causing discomfort.

Florida's Coral Reef, which runs for 350 miles along the state's southern and eastern coasts, is being assaulted by a disease that threatens its continued existence. Reef rebuilders from Sarasota's Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium have been shrugging off the threat of impending tropical storms to continue healing the reef in an environmental struggle to save the largest coral reef in the continental U.S.

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Hurricane Ian? Fuhgeddaboudit! Mote scientists don't stop working to save Florida's Coral Reef

Tom Bayles

Mote scientists have been growing a lot of coral at the Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration on Summerland Key since 2000, restoring more than 173,000 coral plants to Florida’s Coral Reef.Even as Hurricane Ian sideswiped Summerland Key on its way to Southwest Florida, Mote staff were hosting a successful conference to teach reef restoration techniques to other scientists.

“Manakey,” a 1,005-pound male manatee, raises his head just before being released back to Florida Keys waters Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Key Colony Beach, Fla. The adult marine mammal was discovered severely emaciated on June 10, 2022, near Duck Key, Fla., weighing only 460 pounds. “Manakey” was one of three rehabilitated manatees that were released within an hour of each other Tuesday in the Florida Keys. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

Manatees communicate with one another using squeaks, squeals and chirps

Mike Kiniry

Manatees vocalize while feeding, resting, or playing using high-pitched squeaks, squeals, squeak-squeals, and chirps. Learn about innovative research being conducted at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota exploring how and why manatees vocalize.

Loggerhead Turtle Track on Sanibel Island

Environmental Roundup May 28, 2021

Valerie Vande Panne

We are all connected by the environment we share. The Earth is our home. This is the space where we share the environmental stories that caught our attention this week in Florida and beyond.

FGCU and Mote Team Up on Water Research

Rachel Iacovone

Florida Gulf Coast University announced its first partnership for its new Water School on Thursday. It’s official. Mote Marine Laboratory and FGCU have…

Artist's rendering of the proposed $130 million aqaurium that Mote Marine Laboratory wants to build in Nathan Benderson Park.

Mote Expands Land Request For New Aquarium

Jeslyn Santiago

Mote Marine Laboratory is working with Sarasota County to lease, and eventually own, 27 acres of land for a new aquarium at Nathan Benderson Park.

Mote Marine Laboratory has received $2.2 million from the state to develop technology to combat red tide.

Mote Marine Laboratory Receives $2.2 Million To Combat Red Tide

Shawn Mulcahy

Governor Rick Scott says Florida is putting an additional $2.2 million toward combating red tide. The funding will go to Mote Marine Laboratory to...