Magazine Articles

Getting to Know You
By: Emily Laughnan

Spying on your neighbors, taking their pictures at their favorite hangouts and referring to books about human anatomy doesn’t really count as getting to know them. Likewise, taking aerial photos of manatees, following them to their favorite habitat and studying their remains is only the beginning of discovering what drives them to behave as they do.

Illuminating Shark Exposure To Ecoestrogens
By: Adam Voiland

At Lake Apopka in Central Florida, the alligators have tiny penises. They run a third the size of normal alligator phalli and have significantly diminished sperm counts. In England, on the Lee River, feminized male fish have eggs as well as sperm in their gonads. And in the Great Lakes region, birds - including male herring gulls, terns and bald eagles - start exhibiting hermaphroditic changes after eating feminized fish.

More Than Just 'Shark Lady'
By: Rebecca Evanhoe

Imagine having the chance to meet a childhood hero and the opportunity to sit down for a meaningful conversation. Mote Magazine intern Rebecca Evanhoe had just that chance when she was asked to interview Dr. Eugenie Clark, founder of the lab that would become Mote and author of the best-selling books Lady with a Spear and The Lady and the Sharks, based on her experiences as a marine scientist.

Revealing the Secrets of the Sea

Unnamed. Unseen. Unknown. Unexplained. The sea that covers most of our planet has been mapped, studied, exploited and — some might even think — conquered. Yet long after America’s fledgling attempts at understanding the oceans began in 1807, when President Thomas Jefferson authorized the nation’s first survey of coastal waters, secrets remain.

Science to the Rescue: Focusing on coral's future
By: Rebecca Evanhoe

Researchers hope that coral fragments, helped in part by sea urchins, can be used to replenish wild corals damaged by hurricanes or things like boat groundings.