For the 45th year, Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) monitored sea turtle nesting activity during the 2026 nesting season along 35 miles of Sarasota County beaches, from ...

Join us for Mote Day Camps all year long! Each session combines our groundbreaking research with fun, hands-on, and age-appropriate, inquiry-based activities. Campers can discover the wonders of ...

In 2023, recreational anglers fished 3.4 million pounds of vermilion snapper, according to NOAA Fisheries. Vermilion snappers are found in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to the Caribbean Sea, ...

Like most corals, stony corals have algae that convert sunlight into energy inside their cells. They also sometimes feed on plankton that are floating by.

Like most corals, pineapple corals have algae that convert sunlight into energy inside their cells. They also sometimes feed on plankton that are floating by.

Branch-capped corals are sometimes called frogspawn corals due to their bulbous branch tips looking like frog eggs. Branch-capped corals have algae that turn sunlight into energy living within their ...

Smallmouth grunts look completely different in their juvenile stage than their final form. Found in the Gulf of Mexico and the western Atlantic, smallmouth grunts live in and around coral reef ...

When startled or preparing to sleep, the zombie razorfish dives headfirst into sand to hide. The zombie razorfish is a small, pale fish with four vertical stripes on its ultrathin body and a white or ...

Along the Pacific coast of North America, these fish can be found near rocky reefs, kelp forests, and deeper waters as they age. Canary rockfish are bright in color, with shades of blue, yellow, and ...

There are over 100 species of left-handed hermit crab.

The cup coral is one of the smallest corals in the Mussidae family, which consists of many stony coral species. Individual corallites are less than 0.3 inches (8 millimeters) wide. The colonies they ...

Reef squirrelfish grow from 3-5 inches (7.62 centimeters) in length. Reef squirrelfish have flat, orange and white striped bodies with forked, translucent tails. They have large black eyes and a large ...