A key cog in the restoration of the Florida Reef Tract – Mote’s Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery – formally opened Monday, even as a portion of the facility is being used to house corals ...

The first baby Caribbean king crabs born at Mote Aquaculture Research Park arrived Tuesday morning – less than a week after their mom and 31 other crabs moved north from the Elizabeth Moore ...

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium recently celebrated the official opening of its 6,000-square-foot Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery Research Center, the first fully operational Caribbean ...

The remaining 10% of Florida's coral is struggling amid exploding seaweed populations. The Caribbean king crab could help. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

For certain vulnerable corals, help is in the claws of a crab. Reporting in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, researchers found that a species of branching coral benefitted from ...

SARASOTA COUNTY Fla. (WFLA) — Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium celebrated the opening of its Caribbean king crab hatchery during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday. The facility will help Mote expand ...

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, will use nearly $7 million in federal grant money over the next four years to embark on a new, comprehensive approach to restore coral and the accompanying aquatic ...

While exploring Hawaii’s coral reefs one will discover a world bustling with activity. Colorful fish flitter near the coral eating, cleaning and perhaps even hiding from perceived danger. Spiny sea ...

The Indo-West Pacific is the largest marine ecosystem on Earth, but scientists who study its diversity have to contend with a problem so well-known it was remarked upon by Charles Darwin: related ...