Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium sits about 5 miles west of downtown Sarasota on the northern tip of Lido Key. Free parking is provided in the on-site lot. You can drive or walk between the ...

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of ...

Mote's monitoring program has shown rising nest numbers in recent years, including nearly 4,400 in 2024 from Longboat Key to ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium documented the first sea turtle nests of the 2025 nesting season in Sarasota County. Mote’s sea turtle patrol discovered nests on ...

Mote sea turtle conservation and rehabilitation efforts are supported in part by grants from the Sea Turtle Grants Program, ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — The first sea turtle nests of the year have arrived in Sarasota. And while it may be tempting to get an ...

Sub-adult turtles Grimm and Monique were rescued after showing signs of red tide toxicity. Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium ...

This morning, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium released two sub-adult loggerhead sea turtles—nicknamed “Grimm” and “Monique” ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Two loggerhead sea turtles, nicknamed Grimm and Monique, were released back into the Gulf Wednesday following successful rehabilitation at Mote’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation ...

Mote Marine Laboratory documented the first turtle nesting activity of the 2025 season on the Sarasota area shoreline ... at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium Loggerhead sea turtles are a ...

Our region has many wonderful attributes but we also have some issues, one of which is the scourge of red tide, or Karenia brevis. This harmful algal bloom has been documented since the 1700s and ...