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Stranding season brings many stranded and injured turtles to the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Turtle Conservation Centre. Most often, these are little hatchlings that are found by our dedicated Tu...

The ocean plays a vital role in almost every aspect of human life, and every child’s eyes need to be opened to the ocean’s wonders. The ocean is precious, and every family should have an appreciation ...

Today's "Bob update" is particularly special because we're also catching up with Turbo and Pan! Some of our Aquarium family may remember that Turbo, a green turtle, and Pan, a loggerhead turtle, were ...

This year, the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation embarked on the sixth annual Turtle Road Trip. From 5 to 11 March 2023, 10 dedicated staff members visited schools between Kleinmond and Gansbaai, spoke t...

Bob, the green turtle we released in January 2023, has officially entered the deep blue! After 2500km and 48 days of travelling along the continental shelf, Bob is entering really deep waters for the ...

Kai is a juvenile loggerhead turtle that was rescued and arrived at our Turtle Conservation Centre as a hatchling. In the next step of rehabilitation, Kai has recently been released into the I&J O...

On 1 April 2023, the Trash Bash Clean-up will take place at Mouille Point Beach - let's clean up our coastline!

This week, we are celebrating our wonderful Bob on his 41st day at sea! When we last checked in with Bob, he had started to move in a westerly direction after his fast journey south in the Agulhas cur...

It's been 33 days since we said 'Bob-voyage' and what a voyage it has been: a full 1 883km of exploring! Bob has been exploring the edge of the continental shelf... Here's the latest update from Conse...

While Bob has been swimming along our coastline and making great progress, the Turtle Conservation Centre has been very busy. Claudine van Zyl, Turtle Aquarist and Operations Coordinator, gives an upd...

On 1 March 2023, the #NotOnOurWatch campaign was launched to raise awareness of the urgent plight of the African penguin. A number of conservation organisations including WWF-SA, Endangered Wildlife T...

The turtles from the Turtle Conservation Centre have inspired us to take a closer look at our impact on the ocean as consumers. The One Blue Heart event aimed to illustrate this point by looking at hu...