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Tracking our Turtles: News from Nobomvu!
Nobomvu, the loggerhead turtle, was released into the ocean after two years of rehabilitation with the Turtle Conservation Centre! Now, our Red Lady has sent in her first satellite tracking update! Let's hear more from Talitha Noble, Conservation Manager at the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's Turtle Conservation Centre.
You're invited to Trash Bash in partnership with FNB on 9 March 2024
We hope you're as excited as we are! It's time for another Trash Bash beach cleanup, in partnership with FNB.
Become a Two Oceans Aquarium member: Here's how
Becoming a Two Oceans Aquarium member is one of the best decisions you'll ever make, and it's never been easier to do. Here's how!
Swimming against the odds: Meet Bokkie the green turtle!
South Africans worldwide are sure to remember the feeling when our national rugby team, the Springboks, won the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup 2023. Well, the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Turtle Conservation Centre remembers this moment with an extra special twist: Welcoming a new turtle into rehabilitation!
A magical (and misty) first Trash Bash of 2024!
The Two Oceans Aquarium community kicked off the past weekend with the first Trash Bash beach cleanup of 2024!
Meet our ragged-tooth sharks
The Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Exhibit is home to five ragged-tooth sharks - each unique in their own right, but all equally marvellous. Let's meet them!
We released 14 satellite-tagged juvenile loggerhead turtles as part of an international research project!
As an African first, fourteen juvenile loggerhead turtles were tagged and released back into the ocean on 20 January 2024 as part of an international research project. While releases of rehabilitated turtles are a regular activity for the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Turtle Conservation Centre, this release was significant as each juvenile turtle was fitted with a prototype satellite tag. This is a major milestone for South Africa and the continent, as it is the first time that juvenile loggerhead turtles have been tagged and released in Africa.
Here's why you should scuba dive in the I&J Ocean Exhibit
Scuba Diving is an amazing opportunity to experience the underwater world like never before, and diving inside the fascinating I&J Ocean Exhibit makes this experience all the more special. Let's see why!
Enormous ocean sunfish rescued in Cape Town harbour
On the morning of 30 January 2024, the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation was called to rescue an enormous ocean sunfish in the nearby drydock.
Happy Reverse the Red Day!
With many environmental issues dominating the media, particularly climate change, biodiversity loss is an often overlooked, yet just as significant, threat. Reverse the Red is a pioneering global movement that works to reverse biodiversity loss and showcase positive achievements for species on the brink of collapse - by celebrating efforts that bring species back from being "endangered". Today, 7 February 2024, is the second Reverse the Red Day!
Tracking our Turtles: The first update of 2024!
It has been a month since we have shared updates on our travelling turtles; Nobomvu, Bheni, Turbo and Pan! We're itching to know how our ocean adventurers spent their first month of 2024! Let's hear more from Talitha Noble, Conservation Manager at the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's Turtle Conservation Centre.
The weird and wonderful sunfish: Everything you need to know!
Recently, our Two Oceans Aquarium team was involved in a huge sunfish rescue in the Transnet Robinson Dry Dock. To many, the sunfish is an almost alien-looking animal – with a weirdly shaped body that seems to be missing another half, it could be from another planet. Naturally, the rescue sparked many questions from our Aquarium family: What is a sunfish? Where do they live? What do they eat?