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The theme for World Ocean Day this year is "The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods." The idea behind this day is to look at how human actions impact life beneath the waves, and how this, in turn, affects the...

Help the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's sea turtle rehabilitation programme reach its fundraising goal! Every year, dozens of endangered sea turtles become stranded on the Western Cape coastline - i...

26 years ago, a legend by the name of Vincent Calder, started working at the Two Oceans Aquarium, which was at that stage a construction site. Vincent started as an aquarist and employee No.1, but it ...

Turtles only survive if they are actually rescued in the first place. Getting them from some random stretch of coastline to the Aquarium is the real first challenge... In comes Tracy Whitehead, a long...

Join Two Oceans Aquarium Curator of Operations & Collections Paul van Nimwegen for an exciting online Q&A about the release of Lily May, a ragged-tooth shark that lived at the Aquarium and was...

From 13 to 16 May 2021, 70 women walked 100km through rain and sunshine to raise funds for conservation and other excellent causes as part of the annual Lighthouse 2 Lighthouse Ladies Charity Walk. Th...

Do you know a school that could benefit from a visit from the travelling Smart Living classroom? The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's mobile classrooms are back on the road and ready to visit a school...

Meet the devil firefish, also known as the lionfish. Its scientific binomial name Pterois miles translates to "feathered soldier", which we think is a perfect name for a fish, which is easily recognis...

Remember all those cormorant chicks that were rescued on Robben Island a few months ago? Over the past few months, the Two Oceans Aquarium has assisted SANCCOB with the return and release of rehabilit...

We've just welcomed a newcomer to the I&J Ocean Exhibit - Harry the green turtle! While his public debut might be new and exciting, Harry actually arrived at the Two Oceans Aquarium in October las...

Seals are a group of semiaquatic mammals that are scientifically known as "pinnipeds". Resembling, slick, flippered dogs, seals are all carnivores and spend their time at sea hunting, and their time o...

It's no secret - our octopus is by far the most intelligent animal at the Two Oceans Aquarium. The common octopus in the Skretting Diversity Gallery is also the most mysterious, alien and otherworldly...