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The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Turtle Conservation Centre is thrilled to announce that 12 of the 605 loggerhead turtle hatchlings that were stranded on Western Cape beaches in April have been ta...

It's time for your favourite kind of turtle news – Bokkie’s first satellite tracking update! We’re sharing some fascinating insights from the travels of Bokkie, the green turtle, and Nobomvu, the logg...

For the first time in the history of our Turtle Conservation Centre, we have introduced a hawksbill turtle into the Two Oceans Aquarium's I&J Ocean Exhibit! Welcome, Harley.

Bokkie, the amputee green turtle, took her first plunge back into the Indian Ocean off the Kwa-Zulu Natal coast on 21 October 2024! After an arduous year of rehabilitation, our Two Oceans Aquarium Fou...

We have just welcomed a new turtle into the I&J Ocean Exhibit! Well, new-ish... Kai, the loggerhead turtle, has spent some time in this exhibit before. Kai is a gorgeous loggerhead turtle (Caretta...

On the afternoon of the 30 June, the team at the Turtle Conservation Centre received a message from one of our volunteers that a turtle had been found on Melkbosstrand and was being brought in! When t...

In the last month, our satellite-tagged turtles at the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Turtle Conservation Centre have been making waves! While both Bheni and Nobomvu were released around the same ti...

Around this time of the year, our team at the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Turtle Conservation Centre starts preparing for the “green season”. Just like turtle hatchlings tend to strand more frequ...

As many of our Aquarium and Foundation family know, April saw an unprecedented number of stranded turtle hatchlings arriving at the Turtle Conservation Centre. Our team was working around the clock to...

Our satellite-tagged turtles, Bheni, Nobomvu, and Turbo, have been making incredible progress on their journeys through the ocean. Bheni is making missions, Nobomvu says "local is lekker", and Turbo's...

Have you ever dreamed of contributing to the conservation of an endangered species? What about working with a passionate and knowledgeable team while getting hands-on experience in the field of turtle...

Mandela Day is all about having a positive impact through our actions. What better way to do this than to contribute to the survival of an endangered species? Adopt a rescued turtle hatchling through ...