July 6, 2025, was our final day of general-admission ticket sales at Mote Aquarium on City Island, Sarasota. Now, our Aquarium team is focused on preparing for the opening of Mote Science Education ...

Splash into Sarasota Bay! Join Mote for some fun outdoor exploration. Participants will use dip nets to explore the nearshore seagrass beds and learn about the plants and animals that call the Bay ...

Opening in 2025 at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida The future of ocean discovery is on its way. Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is preparing for the exciting opening of Mote Science ...

Oceans for All We’re creating the spectacular new Mote Science Education Aquarium on 12 acres in Nathan Benderson Park, a nexus site for Sarasota and Manatee counties and the southwest Florida Region.

Big Changes Are Coming – Stay Connected with a Mote Membership! Mote Science Education Aquarium (Mote SEA) is anticipated to open Summer 2025! As we prepare for this exciting transition, we want to ...

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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 ...

We advance marine science worldwide The oceans are our passion. Marine science is our mission. As an independent, nonprofit institution with 38 programs and centers in our global research enterprise, ...

A sea turtle nest marked with yellow stakes and pink flagging tape on Turtle Beach, Siesta Key, Florida Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) has documented sea ...

A large shark is briefly held near Mote’s research vessel before being released during the process of Mote’s conservation focused research. One of the many legacies of Mote’s shark research is that it ...

Introduction In September 2020, scientists undertook one of their deepest and most challenging missions yet into the Gulf of Mexico’s blue holes—underwater caves, springs and sinkholes being explored ...

Sea Turtles Previously Tracked by Mote (Now Inactive) Here, you can check out the archived tracking results from many sea turtles tagged with satellite transmitters by Mote Marine Laboratory ...