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When you think of the ocean, what comes to mind? How about a place where people can go to relax and enjoy the sun? A place where dolphins frolic and whales swim? Or perhaps it’s just a big, blue vastn...

Today is World Jellyfish Day, and we’re celebrating the brainless, boneless, and beautiful inhabitants of our Jelly Gallery. Let’s learn something new about jellies…

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...

The African penguin is facing extinction, and Dr Sylvia Earle adds her voice to the call for definitive action to save this species for future generations.

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...

We have some fascinating creatures at the Two Oceans Aquarium, and over the years we have learned a thing or two from these seasoned sailors …

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...

Seafood is indispensable to the Western Cape. It serves as a major economic driver in the region, with the fishing industry employing over 50,000 people and contributing billions of rands to the econo...

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...