Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium sits about 5 miles west of downtown Sarasota on the northern tip of Lido Key. Free parking is provided in the on-site lot, and the No. 18 SCAT bus stops twice ...

Pippi is another otter who can be found in the Florida Watershed Wildlife habitat at Mote Aquarium.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium is set to reopen on Friday, Nov. 22 following an 8-week-long closure due to Hurricane Helene and Milton. Mote’s research ...

Stella and Fynn, a pair of 11-month-old female North American river otters born in captivity in South Carolina, have recently taken up residence at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium. The sisters ...