Mote educates upward of 350,000 guests each year and it's expected to double that in the new center, Cooper said. It cost $130 million to build. It took time to make sure the habitats at the new Mote ...

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.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — The long-awaited opening for the new Mote Science Education Aquarium is here, and the preview line wrapped around the door for those first few families looking to check it out.

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 ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Mote Marine Laboratories has officially added to their repertoire of research facilities. The Mote team cut the ribbon on the Mote SEA, or Science Education Aquarium, with the ...

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.