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Meet Pan, the newest member of our I&J Ocean Exhibit community of sea turtle rehabilitation patients. Pan is a loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), and despite his diminutive size, Pan can potentially grow to over 450kg - and with proper care at the hands of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation team, Pan will get the opportunity to reach that size in the wild!Pan was rescued by members of the public at Struisbaai on 29 April 2019, weighing only 49.5g! Like many of the stranded loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings that wash up on our coastline, Pan was affected by the cold waters around the Western Cape after being ejected from the warmer Agulhas Current - resulting in the turtle becoming "cold-stunned", which in turn can lead to a host of other problems, particularly dehydration, immunocompromise, and metabolic difficulties.

Ragged-tooth sharks are one of the most iconic animals at the Two Oceans Aquarium, with thousands of people taking the opportunity to stop and stare in fascination at our Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Exhibit. But, how much do you really know about these incredible animals? Here are 10 facts about our beloved raggies:

Phew, what an experience - we just completed our first face-to-face course of 2022, the Junior Biologist Couse. The Junior Biologist Course took place over four Saturdays from 19 February to 12 March 2022. About three hundred applications were received for this course - from this we were able to accept 89 participants, of which we were able to sponsor the attendance of 53 (don't worry - there will be plenty of other opportunities for courses later this year).

Recent weather conditions are causing turtle hatchlings to wash up on our southern coast - we need you to help rescue them! Please call 083 300 1663 to arrange transport for any rescued turtles to our rehab facility in Cape Town.

We have your long weekend plans covered! Join the Egg-Sighting Fact Find at the Two Oceans Aquarium until 18 April with fun and adventure for the whole family. We’ve put together a full and fun daily holiday programme, ideal for families that want to make a day of visiting the V&A Waterfront.

Active Two Oceans Aquarium Members are invited to join our Foundation's Marine Wildlife Management team for a series of urban wildlife walks along the V&A Waterfront's canals and marinas on Sunday 1 May, to snap photos of the plants, animals and organisms you can spot and upload them to this citizen science project. The walk and snacks are free for any active Aquarium members who register in advance, but we ask that everyone who attends please be prepared to install the iNaturalist app on their phones and upload some photos (you can use Aquarium WiFi to upload).

The Tara ocean laboratory ship is stopping in Cape Town's V&A Waterfront on its 70 000 kilometre voyage to research the ocean microbiome, climate change and pollution connecting Europe, Africa, South America and Antarctica. Tara and her crew of scientists will be engaging with members of the public in Cape Town from 23 April to 1 May 2022 at a series of awareness-raising events - including a public conference at the Two Oceans Aquarium on Wednesday 27 April.

Cape Town is currently the reigning champion of the City Nature Challenge, an international competition where everyday citizens try to take as many photos as possible of different species and upload them to the citizen science app iNaturalist. Our incredible biodiversity and team of volunteers enabled Cape Town to take the top spot in the "Most Species" and "Most Observations" categories when the competition was last run in 2019 - now we all need to help defend our title!

Guest writer Keren Spyker joined outreach teacher Thabo on a visit to Kleinberg Primary School with the Oceans in Motion mobile aquarium classroom. The Oceans in Motion outreach programme brought an assortment of living rock pool-dwelling animals right into the children's classroom, stimulating a fun and informative lesson about life in the ocean.

Meet the black musselcracker, one of the most iconic species in our I&J Ocean Exhibit, and one of the fish most often commented on by our visitors. "Look at its big nose!" "It looks so grumpy!" "It looks like an old man!" Despite its unique look, there's nothing grumpy about this fish - the black musselcracker is an important member of the South African coastal ecosystem.

We are so happy to announce that Saving Seals, the short film by local wildlife photographer and conservation ambassador Steve Benjamin of Animal Ocean, won the Grand Prix Award at the International Tourism Film Festival Africa in the Documentary and Television category. The film also won Gold in the Environment & Ecology thematic category. Saving Seals documents the extraordinary measures undertaken by staff of the Two Oceans Aquarium and the Aquarium Foundation to rescue and disentangle seals. These efforts are part of the Marine Wildlife Management Programme at the V&A Waterfront.