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Ocean Campus: Exciting courses for the next generation
Ocean Campus: Exciting courses for the next generation
The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation consistently strives to reach and positively influence as many young minds as possible. One of the ways in which this is done is through various interactive Ocean Ca...

Blog, Courses, Education

Turtle stranding season: What you need to know
Turtle stranding season: What you need to know
Stranding season is one of the busiest times of the year for the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Turtle Conservation Centre. Every year, hatchling and adult turtles strand on beaches along the Wester...

Conservation, Turtles, Foundation, Blog

The Two Oceans Aquarium: Co-champions for hope!
The Two Oceans Aquarium: Co-champions for hope!
We are delighted to announce that the Two Oceans Aquarium has recently joined the Mission Blue family as co-champions of the False Bay Hope Spot.

Blog, Conservation, Press Releases, Marine Protected Areas, Foundation

Join us for Trash Bash this Saturday!
Join us for Trash Bash this Saturday!
It's that time again - let's get geared up for yet another Trash Bash!

Conservation, Trash Bash, Plastic Pollution, Blog, Events

The weird and wonderful sunfish: Everything you need to know!
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...

Sunfish, Marine Wildlife, Conservation, Research, Foundation, Blog

Happy Reverse the Red Day!
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 move...

Conservation, Turtles, Foundation, Blog

Tracking our Turtles: The first update of 2024!
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 m...

Turtles, Foundation, Conservation, Blog, Research

Enormous ocean sunfish rescued in Cape Town harbour
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.

Blog, Foundation, Marine Wildlife, Conservation, Research, Sunfish, Press Releases

African first: Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation releases satellite-tagged juvenile loggerhead turtles as part of international research project.
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, Conservation, Foundation, Press Releases, Blog, Research

Meet Bokkie the green turtle!
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 Turt...

Turtles, Plastic Pollution, Conservation, Foundation, Blog

The first of many successful Marine Wildlife Training Courses
The first of many successful Marine Wildlife Training Courses
Congratulations to those who recently completed the Marine Wildlife Training Course, courtesy of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's adult training and the Marine Wildlife Management Programme teams....

Blog, Conservation, Marine Wildlife, Our team

A magical (and misty) first Trash Bash of 2024!
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!

Trash Bash, Plastic Pollution, Events, Foundation, Blog