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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...

The Two Oceans Aquarium's Ocean Campus Family Beach Day, sponsored by Schroders, was a unique take on our usual Trash Bash events that brought families and local school learners together at Muizenberg...

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...

Join our Ocean Campus for a special Family Beach Day at Muizenberg Beach, Surfers Corner on Saturday, 2nd November 2024, from 09h00 to 12h00! This is a unique event aimed at making a positive impact o...

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 support of #NotOnOurWatch and the future of the African penguin, we waddled with CapeRADD, SANCCOB, and I AM WATER from Muizenberg to Simon’s Town on Saturday, 12 October. Along with our collective...

With its distinctive donkey-like bray and plumage resembling a tuxedo, the African penguin is a charismatic seabird native to the coastlines of South Africa and Namibia. Tragically, its populations ar...

On African Penguin Awareness Day, we will be waddling for the African penguin. Why? Because this charismatic seabird is threatened with extinction, and we need to act now. Cape Town is synonymous with...

On World Teachers’ Day, 5 October 2024, the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation launched its new Ocean Campus with a celebration of teachers and the ocean. Given the multiple threats facing the ocean and t...