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Living in an environment that is "sustainable for all life" was a huge thematic focus for World Wildlife Day 2020. We tend to think of this as protecting plants and animals that live in natural environments, but what happens to wildlife that has already been displaced or had its natural habitat replaced by an artificial, human-made one?Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's Marine Wildlife Manager Brett Glasby and Seal Monitor Ayanda Cimoni met up with the team from the V&A Waterfront's Table Bay Hotel to share with them information about the wildlife found in the V&A Waterfront, to pick up some litter, and to get to know some of our local seals a little better (the Table Bay Hotel's mascot is Oscar the Seal after all).

You've definitely heard of Yoshi - she's the amazing loggerhead turtle that was released from the Two Oceans Aquarium two years ago and has gone on to become an international celebrity - her ocean journey since release has become the longest-ever recorded journey of any tracked marine animal ever. She has traveled 37 000 kilometres in the 26 months since her release in December 2017. Throughout her journey, Yoshi has averaged and maintained a swimming distance of 48 kilometres per day. The latest tracking data shows that she has slowed down slightly and is now clocking in at about 46 kilometres per day. At this stage, we can only speculate why - perhaps she is preparing to mate? However, during the past two years, Yoshi has moved into coastal areas a number of times to feed (typical Yoshi), so this may simply be another pitstop along her journey.

AVENUE at the Two Oceans Aquarium is a Cape Town conference and events venue with unique meeting areas for business, casual and private meetings, as well as a spectacular viewing window of the Two Oceans Aquarium's I&J Ocean Exhibit.

World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally on 2 February. The day is used to raise awareness about the vital importance of wetlands to people and the planet. The day also marks the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in 1971. The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation celebrates this day with a week of positive action and hands-on workshops in and around the beautiful wetland habitats of the Cape.

For the past two years, Zahraa Schroeder and her colleagues of Radio 786 has spent many a day recording at the Two Oceans Aquarium. The inserts were aired on Monday afternoons, and were known as “Aquarium Mondays”. The end of 2019 also saw Aquarium Mondays come to an end, let's look back on some of the highlights of these two years...

Stranded sea turtles have no hope - unless you become a turtle rescue hero!From 17 to 28 February 2020, a team of nine passionate conservationists, aquarists and turtle-lovers from the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation and the Two Oceans Aquarium will be taking to the road to visit the communities of South Africa's Southern Cape coast - communities with members who will likely become the future life-savers of stranded sea turtle hatchlings in the upcoming stranding season.

On the evening of 7 March 2020 the Two Oceans Aquarium, in partnership with the UCT Underwater Club, will be hosting an exciting public event all about scuba diving, called Diver24.

On Tuesday morning, 4 February, the conservation team of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, with the support of the Aquarium's Collections team and Hooked on Africa Charters, headed out from Hout Bay to release four very special survivors. These four endangered loggerhead turtles arrived at the Aquarium's sea turtle rescue, rehabilitation and release centre with very different stories...

Yoshi the loggerhead turtle has travelled more than 35 000km across the ocean. Her story has taken the world by storm and inspired the imaginations of people from all walks of life, from Cape Town to Canberra.

In a continuous effort of offering new programmes to learners of all grades and backgrounds, the Two Oceans Aquarium will again be running courses for FET phase learners in 2020. The courses are offered, at no charge, to 50 grade 10s, 11s and 12s who show a keen interest in marine sciences and who may wish to pursue a career in this field. The purpose of this course is to provide important basic principles and terminology in the marine sciences, while also adding to their existing knowledge in the Physical Science and Life Science.

On Saturday 25 January 2020, Western Cape Morsbags will be handing out gorgeous free reusable shopping bags featuring limited-edition Two Oceans Aquarium scenes from 11h00 to 13h00 inside the Aquarium. They’ll also be educating the public about their work – come and say hi to our fantastic supporters making a real difference, one bag at a time.

During the day, the Aquarium is a wondrous place to visit. Come nightfall, it transforms into a magical space with an incredible ever-changing backdrop for any function. From gala dinners to cocktail parties and networking functions, hosting your function at the Aquarium is definitely going to give your guest something to talk about and remember.