Mote Marine Laboratory scientists have restored more than 216,000 corals to Florida’s Coral Reef—an exciting milestone. Starting in 2020, several of our restored corals spawned, engaging in sexual ...

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 ...

Visit our 135,000 gallon shark habitat. Meet our resident sea turtles, otters, seahorses and gracefully drifting sea jellies. Explore coral reefs and other displays highlighting the real ecosystems ...

Flamboyant cuttlefish are carnivores, eating a variety of bony fish and crustaceans including: shrimp, worms, shellfish, mollusks and other cuttlefish. Flamboyant cuttlefish have the ability to change ...

The carapace, or shell, of a Caribbean king crab is around 5.4 inches (136 millimeters) for males and 4.7 inches (120 millimeters) for females. They can weigh up to 6 pounds (3 Kilograms). Masters at ...

Whitetip reef sharks are typically a communal species, and are non-territorial. They can live in the same home range for several years. Whitetip reef sharks are a smaller shark species, usually ...

The Florida Keys BleachWatch program is designed to train and coordinate volunteers who regularly report on the occurrence, or absence, of coral bleaching, as well as basic environmental conditions ...

We advance groundbreaking marine research worldwide, and we translate and transfer our discoveries to people of all ages—because everyone has a stake in the ocean's future. We are the ocean’s ...

The issues our oceans face today are extremely complex and involve many different disciplines and perspectives. The Marine Policy Institute (MPI) at Mote Marine Laboratory was formally launched in ...

Innovation and technology can unlock the oceans' most powerful secrets. At Mote, our innovators uncover new marine sources of medicine, novel methods to reduce the impacts of red tide and other ...

Thousands of sea turtles nest (lay eggs) each year on southwest Florida beaches. Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium scientists study and tag these endangered and threatened species to help protect ...

Hear true stories of marine research! The “Two Sea Fans” podcast, which aired between January 5, 2017, and September 15, 2021, featured fun and educational conversations between Mote Marine Laboratory ...