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Closed due to storm

Due to Tropical Storm Helene, Mote Aquarium in Sarasota and Mote's Marine Science Education & Outreach Center on Anna Maria City Pier are closed to the public starting Wednesday, Sept. 25., until further notice.
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Betsy the Great White Shark Tracked off Southwest Florida

https://mote.org/news/betsy-the-great-white-shark-tracked-off-southwest-florida/

A great white shark nicknamed “Betsy” and tagged for research off Cape Cod was swimming about 63 miles off Boca Grande, Fla., as of Friday, April 25. The female shark was tagged by a team led by OCEARCH and including scientists...

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Jewish Federation Awards Grant for Mote-Israeli Partnerships

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The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee has awarded an $18,000 grant to help Mote Marine Laboratory and marine scientists in Israel join forces to study some of the toughest challenges facing oceans worldwide. Grant funds will...

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A Peek into the Octopus Nursery at Mote

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Cephalopod Specialist Brian Siegel is once again tending to some eight-tentacled babies behind the scenes in The Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory. You may remember hearing about the tiny Caribbean pygmy octopuses (Octopus mercatoris) Siegel...

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Join Motes Shark Lady on Once-in-a-Lifetime Trip to the Red Sea

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Before Dr. Eugenie Clark earned world renown as the founding “Shark Lady” of Mote Marine Laboratory, she studied fishes in the [caption id="attachment_4087" align="alignright"...

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A Look Back at a Year of Cool Science, Stellar Education and Aquarium Awesomeness

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As 2013 winds down, Mote Marine Laboratory is looking to the future — to exciting new directions for our world-class marine science and education, to...

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