01/05/2026
"Mote Marine Laboratory’s new highly anticipated Science Education Aquarium has three floors of fish tanks, marine animals and science labs where members of the public can view some of Mote’s groundbreaking research. It opened its brand-new 146,000-square-foot facility on October 8, 2025, with an Indo-Pacific Gallery, Florida Waters Gallery, Workforce Development Labs and STEM Teaching Labs.
This futuristic aquarium had humble beginnings, though, harkening back to Cape Haze in the 1950s. In 1954, Anne and Bill Vanderbilt asked biologist Eugenie Clark to come to Florida to give a lecture at the school. Clark, who had worked for the Scripps Institution in California, had written the bestseller “Lady with a Spear,” in 1953, which was a memoir of her work in the Red Sea in Egypt. The session was packed, and the locals became electrified with the new perspective she brought. The young scientist was offered the chance to open what became the Cape Haze Marine Laboratory, which then became Mote Marine."
By Anna Ridilla
Be sure to check it out, It's awesome!!
