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Late winter and early spring in South Africa sees what our turtle rehabilitation team refer to as “sub/adult turtle stranding season”, a period of time when our coast experiences more strandings of adult and sub-adult green sea turtles. 2022 has been no exception, with our first large sub-adult green turtle (Chelonia mydas) rescued for the season, on 30 July at Trekoskraal near Paternoster on the West Coast (close to where three-flippered green turtle Geri was rescued in 2021).

Everyone who has visited the Two Oceans Aquarium knows Bob, an endangered green sea turtle resident in our I&J Ocean Exhibit. Bob has been such a long-term feature of the Aquarium, that we sometimes forget that he's actually a rehabilitation patient, with the intention of one day being healthy enough to complete his path to release back into the wild.

Rescued green turtle Bob has been in rehabilitation for eight years - but that might be about to change!

The goal of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's turtle team is to rescue, rehabilitate and release all our rescued sea turtle patients once they are fully recovered - even for seemingly permanent residents like Bob, the green turtle. However, each patient faces different obstacles and trauma, and thus has their own unique journey while in our care - and Bob is no exception!

When it comes to sharks, the "scream and panic" narrative presented by media is unfortunately the more popular one. Sharks are too often portrayed as the monsters of the sea and have minimal opportunity to prove themselves to be otherwise. This is why here at the Two Oceans Aquarium, they are given their “voice”, courtesy of the Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Exhibit.

On Saturday, 11 November 2023, The Two Oceans Aquarium are taking to Muizenberg beach to enjoy some fun in the sun, and more importantly, rid the beach of as much plastic pollution and dirt as possible. It's our birthday Trash Bash!

If you’ve visited the Two Oceans Aquarium, then you know that the jellies in our Jelly Gallery are among the most majestic animals to look at. If you haven’t popped in yet, we suggest you come and check them out ASAP! Anyway, jellyfish, while being fun to stare at, are more than just aesthetically pleasing. These beauties are quite complex and possess some interesting traits that many people do not know about. So, here are some jelly facts that you’d never guess by just looking at them.

Today is World Fisheries Day, an internationally recognised day intended to highlight the importance and impact of fishing - a practice as old as human civilisation, and one that remains relevant to this day. Fisheries are presently the topic of much debate as society tries to find a balance between the livelihoods of the over 200 million people presently employed in the fishing industry, the 3 billion people who are dependent on healthy coastal ecosystems, and the need to protect and maintain our ocean's biodiversity.

The Two Oceans Aquarium is home to many different species, and each one plays a significant role in our ocean ecosystem - even the small ones! However, it is pretty easy to visit the Aquarium and be so blown away by seeing a ragged-tooth shark up close, or to be in complete awe of how cute our turtles are, that you might leave the Aquarium having missed out on a few of the smaller, although no less marvellous animals. Let's take a look at five animals that you may have missed during your visit, and that you should definitely check out the next time you're with us:

Interacting with the underwater world is what the Two Oceans Aquarium is all about! From this point of view, we get to glimpse life from the perspective of the fish, rays, sharks and other ocean denizens that call the Aquarium home – and get a better understanding of what the natural ocean habitat is like. How do you get to experience this? Here are a few of our favourite underwater Aquarium experiences.