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When you're asked to take action for the sake of conserving life in the oceans, it often sounds like a big commitment - but it doesn't have to be. For World Ocean Day, we asked a few of our ocean-loving team members to tell us one small thing that they do at home for the good of the ocean - and the answers really reveal how easily small lifestyle changes can have an oversized positive impact:

World Ocean Day 2022 is focused on the need to protect 30% of the planet by 2030. People across the globe are urged to add their voices to the growing demand for more protection of the planet as climate change, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, and overexploitation threaten the diverse ecosystems on which humans depend for their survival.

You can tell a lot about sharks simply by looking at their teeth – revealing their diets and, by extension, their lifestyles. While public perception about sharks is often quite negative, with their teeth viewed as "weapons" the reality is that, just like the teeth in our own omnivorous mouths, shark teeth are specialised for their diets, and by looking at them, scientists can tell what is on a shark's menu (it's not us).

Outreach teacher Thabo Sabeko spends most of his time on the road, visiting schools around Cape Town with the Oceans in Motion mobile aquarium. With the support of DHL, Thabo is able to take this mobile classroom to schools in need, free of charge!

A rare event was recently spotted in the cool waters of Cape Town - a massive ocean sunfish (Mola mola) leaping completely out of the water! You might have already seen it - photographs by Aly Ison have already been widely circulated online after capturing this incredible moment near South Africa's Glencairn a few days ago (to our knowledge, this is one of just a few sunfish breaches ever photographed)!

We've teamed up with Consol Glass to celebrate World Turtle Day on 23 May 2022 with a pop-up exhibit activation in the Aquarium. The temporary exhibit will be open from Friday 20 May to Tuesday 24 May 2022, and highlighted sea turtle facts and information, all about the threats facing these animals out at sea such as plastic pollution and ghost fishing gear.Follow the life of a South African sea turtle, from hatchling to the perils of ocean survival - and maybe even being rescued by a human! The exhibit also tells the story of the sea turtle rehabilitation work being done by the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, which is supported by Ardagh Glass Packaging - Africa (AGP-A, formerly Consol Glass).

We are so happy to announce that Saving Seals, the short film by local wildlife photographer and conservation ambassador Steve Benjamin of Animal Ocean, won the Grand Prix Award at the International Tourism Film Festival Africa in the Documentary and Television category. The film also won Gold in the Environment & Ecology thematic category. Saving Seals documents the extraordinary measures undertaken by staff of the Two Oceans Aquarium and the Aquarium Foundation to rescue and disentangle seals. These efforts are part of the Marine Wildlife Management Programme at the V&A Waterfront.

Guest writer Keren Spyker joined outreach teacher Thabo on a visit to Kleinberg Primary School with the Oceans in Motion mobile aquarium classroom. The Oceans in Motion outreach programme brought an assortment of living rock pool-dwelling animals right into the children's classroom, stimulating a fun and informative lesson about life in the ocean.

The Tara ocean laboratory ship is stopping in Cape Town's V&A Waterfront on its 70 000 kilometre voyage to research the ocean microbiome, climate change and pollution connecting Europe, Africa, South America and Antarctica. Tara and her crew of scientists will be engaging with members of the public in Cape Town from 23 April to 1 May 2022 at a series of awareness-raising events - including a public conference at the Two Oceans Aquarium on Wednesday 27 April.

Everybody loves Nemo, but do you know how clownfish actually start their lives? Let's take a closer look into these much-loved fish.

Recent weather conditions are causing turtle hatchlings to wash up on our southern coast - we need you to help rescue them! Please call 083 300 1663 to arrange transport for any rescued turtles to our rehab facility in Cape Town.