“I give the shark the same odds of being the father that I would give Elvis or Bigfoot of being the father—zero,” Demian Chapman, senior scientist and director of the Mote Marine Laboratory ...

Research started more than two decades ago by Demian Chapman, now the director of Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Shark ...

Mote Laboratory & Aquarium features nine exhibits, including two interactive areas and a 135,000-gallon shark tank. In total, the property houses more than 100 species of marine animals ...

The Mote Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital in Sarasota had been closed since hurricanes Helene and Milton but reopened to help 20 cold sea turtles.