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Nobomvu is a female sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle that was rescued at Gansbaai on 13 July 2021 by the community - a rescue that required the help of over 13 volunteers! Nobomvu was tangled in ghost fishing gear, and has been undergoing treatment for associated injuries in the care of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's turtle rehabilitation team.

Did you know that stingrays give birth to live young and not eggs?Stingrays, like our eagle ray below, are "ovoviviparous" - this means that the mother keeps the eggs inside her body after they hatch, feeding the pups fluids and egg yolks to help them grow.

Calling all Grade 5 and 6 learners that are interested in the ocean, and its amazing animals and plants. Have you ever wondered whether a shark is a fish? How is a sea cucumber related to a sea star? Did you know that turtles have lungs and breathe air like we do?

Hollywood would have you believe that sharks are all big and scary, but 10 billion views on YouTube's most popular video suggest otherwise - most sharks are "Baby Shark"! Aquarist Leigh de Necker is one of the Two Oceans Aquarium team members that cares for our "Baby Sharks" - including dark shysharks. Dark shysharks (Haploblepharus pictus), also known as “Pretty Happys,” are a small shark species endemic to Namibia and western South Africa.

On 17 January 2022, the sea turtle rehabilitation team of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation released 44 rehabilitated sea turtles approximately 30 nautical miles south of Hout Bay. The turtles were all rehabilitated at the Two Oceans Aquarium over the last several of months after being rescued by members of the public, stranded on Western Cape beaches. The group that was released included Geri, the three-flippered green sea turtle that has been recovering in the I&J Ocean Exhibit for the last couple of weeks.

Geri the three-flippered turtle s ready to return to the open ocean - here's what it took to get her release-ready. Geri arrived at the Aquarium for rehabilitation on 25 July 2021. She was rescued at Paternoster weighing 48.5kg, and with her missing front left flipper amputation already completely healed - what was worrying at the time was actually the severe injuries to her front right flipper, which included lacerations deep enough to expose her bone.

As the world has slowly begun returning to "normal" in 2021, it's been an interesting time to reflect on the people, values and goals that are important, and get our priorities right. As we all continue to recover, we'd like to take a look back at some of the highlights that made us proud of our team and community - thank you all!

The seismic survey is step one – if oil or gas is found, step two will be exploratory drilling and if that finds sufficient reserves, step three will be extraction. We should not even be starting with step one. South Africa and the world has to move away from its reliance on fossil fuels. While we are concerned about the seismic survey, we are even more concerned about what happens if reserves of oil and gas are found and extraction is started.

So, you're a diver now and thinking of getting your own wetsuit? Whether you're PADI-rated scuba diver, a freediver, or simply an accidental diver thanks to falling off your surfboard, you'll want a comfortable, warm wetsuit to protect you from abrasion, the sun and the cold. You can always hire a wetsuit, but as one of the core pieces of a diver's "soft gear" wetsuits are an item that many divers prefer to own themselves, guaranteeing a perfect fit.

Harry the endangered green sea turtle that was rescued in Stillbaai is finally ready for release. How did we make this decision?

What does it take to save entangled seals? Step behind the scenes of our Cape fur seal disentanglement work in the V&A Waterfront with conservation filmmaker and photographer Steve Benjamin with the short film Saving Seals with the passion and creativity that goes into this work. We are faced daily with the wounds inflicted on Cape fur seals by loops of fishing line, box bands, and other plastic trash that they become entangled in. The only way to remove these nooses, and save their lives, is through human intervention - something that our team in Cape Towns VA Waterfront knows well, routinely using stealth, cunning and inventive tools to get close enough to help these distressed animals. But, even with the best of intentions, we cannon reach every seal - this is where darting comes in, a new tool that will allow us to make an even greater difference and help seals that were previously out of reach.