Please join us for a unique opportunity to learn directly from Mote scientists as they share their world-class research and groundbreaking discoveries. This year, our popular Mote-ivational Science ...

Please join us for a unique opportunity to learn directly from Mote scientists as they share their world-class research and groundbreaking discoveries. This year, our popular Mote-ivational Science ...

Fire dartfish have a habitat of flicking their top fins as they swim. Fire dartfish have a white front half, a large top (dorsal) fin and a red-orange tail.

Join us as Mote brings its popular lecture series to Venice, Florida. Hear Mote scientists share their latest findings, innovations and fieldwork. These lectures take place on select dates in November ...

Brain corals are free-living, meaning that they are not attached to the seafloor or any solid structure. They are able to move and shift around, unlike many corals that are permanently attached to a ...

These fish can release gas from their swim bladders to adjust their barometric pressure and dive deeper into the ocean. Along the Pacific coast, from Alaska to California, these fish can be found near ...

These fish were first recorded in 1830. In the western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf, saucereye porgies can be found in coral reef habitats and sandy areas. These fish are silvery in ...

Mote Marine Laboratory invites the community to enjoy prime viewing of the Key Largo Boat Parade on Blackwater Sound. Before the parade, tour Key Largo’s first and only land-based coral … ...

Males in this species are larger in size than their female counterparts. Pink flasher wrasses are red-orange in color with irregular magenta striping running horizontally down their bodies as ...

Black rockfish have venomous spines on their back that stun their prey. For humans, their venom may cause pain or infection. Black rockfish have grey bodies with mottled grey-black spotting from their ...

Orange band surgeons can change color to hide from predators in their area. These flat and oval fish are mainly grey in color with a distinctive orange stripe near their gills. They also have blue and ...

Chalk seabass are pelagic spawners, meaning they have their offspring in the open water column. These small fish are bright orange in color with purplish- blue vertical striping down their bodies.