After years of planning, fundraising and waiting, Mote Marine Laboratory’s brand-new, $132 million Science and Education Aquarium (SEA) opened its doors to the public at Nathan Benderson Park in ...

A group of three veterans with the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge dove with the American flag at MOTE SEA Aquarium. The three are part of a larger group which helps with research and coral reef ...

Unseasonably cold weather in Florida affects native and invasive reptile species. Iguanas can become immobilized and fall from trees when temperatures drop to between 40 and 50 degrees. Alligators ...

Arctic air is expected to bring unusually cold temperatures to Florida. Iguanas can become temporarily paralyzed when temperatures drop to between 40 and 50 degrees. A major die-off of invasive ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke on the historic success of removing nearly 300 invasive pythons in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The non-Florida native Burmese Python preys on native mammals, birds and ...

Crews used large nets, water-filled containers and box trucks to relocate hundreds of river otters, sea turtles, manatees, penguins and sharks to their new home: Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Crews have relocated hundreds of marine animals to ...

It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up he was ...

The new Mote Science Education Aquarium at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota is opening to the public next Wednesday, Oct. 8. Mote SEA will provide science education and enhanced levels of ocean ...

His snake eyes were bigger than his stomach. Florida might have a new ally in the ongoing fight against the invasive Burmese python scourge — chilly weather. Researchers who track the elusive and ...

The new Mote Science Education Aquarium (SEA) will open to the public on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025—a $130 million undertaking that represents both the largest expansion in Mote Marine Laboratory’s ...

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s new facility, the Mote Science Education Aquarium (SEA) will open on Oct. 8, the organization announced Monday. Located at Nathan Benderson Park and marketed as a ...