Take a Bite Out of Shark Week at Mote! • Aug. 24: Support Mote's Education Programs – and get a discount at Macy's! • September: Good Eats, Great Cause at Columbia!

Florida’s coral reef got a boost Monday, July 29, when volunteers from the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge and SCUBAnauts International St. Petersburg and Tarpon Springs Chapters joined scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory at work in Mote’s coral reef nursery in the Florida Keys.

Manatees can feel water movements thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair — an ability that makes them one of the most touch-sensitive mammals on Earth — according to a new study led by scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory.

Congressman Garcia Visits Mote's Coral Lab in the Keys • Mote Founder Presents Scholarship for Student to Join Her Research • Be Vigilant for Marine Life During Holiday

Six students from Booker High School conducted independent research on climate change and ocean acidification — major threats to coral reef ecosystems — through a science education program launched this summer in partnership with Mote Marine Laboratory.

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium recently received a grant for $123,000 from the Sara Roberts Foundation to support rescue, rehabilitation and release of sick and injured marine animals. The funds will provide operating support for Mote’s hospitals for dolphins, whales and sea turtles.

PHOTOS: World Oceans Day Makes Waves at Mote • Sunday: Father's Day Special at Mote • Wells Fargo Awards Research Grant to Mote

Saturday Photo Op: World Oceans Day • Florida Takes Sustainable Seafood to 38th Annual NOAA Fish Fry in Washington D.C. • A Full House for Mote’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital