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 ...

These fish grow up to 11 inches (28 centimeters) in length. Scribbled angelfish have blue bodies with darker wavy lines, yellow snouts and fins, and a large vertical yellow stripe running vertically ...

These sea stars have a distinctive smell, giving off a garlic or charred gunpowder aroma when exposed to air. In rocky and muddy areas, leather sea stars can be found along the Pacific coast of North ...

These snakes hibernate underground in the wintertime and reemerge in late March/April. Throughout Florida, excluding the very southwestern region of the state, New Jersey, Virginia, North and South ...

These chitons lay their eggs in the Spring and will hatch after only a few days. Found in coral reef habitats, these invertebrates exist in the Pacific Coast of North America and the Northwestern ...

The Sharks & Rays Conservation Research Program is dedicated to studying the biology, ecology and conservation of sharks and their relatives, the skates and rays. These fishes comprise about 1,000 ...

Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA) at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, is now open! Please reserve tickets in advance online to guarantee entry. Dive deeper into our world through ...

Your support allows us to lead groundbreaking marine science, conservation and ocean animal rescue and rehabilitation. Members help us save the ocean every day. The least we can do is open our doors ...

Mote’s Marine Science Education & Outreach Center brings the wonders beneath the waves to visitors of all ages on the historic Anna Maria City Pier. Visitors will learn about the local marine ...

This fish species forms distinctive pairs when breeding. Latticed butterflyfish are bright yellow with a darker cross-hatch pattern. They have thick black lines running vertically through their eyes ...

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Dr. Mary Hagedorn received her Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and is a Senior Research Scientist at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.