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Tracking our Turtles: News from Bheni, Nobomvu, and Turbo
Our satellite-tagged turtles, Bheni, Nobomvu, and Turbo, have been making incredible progress on their journeys through the ocean. Bheni is making missions, Nobomvu says "local is lekker", and Turbo's satellite tag has sent in its last transmission.
Volunteer at the Two Oceans Aquarium!
Back by popular demand, we are thrilled to announce that applications are open for new Two Oceans Aquarium volunteers - you just need to complete a short training programme!
Our volunteers are people who love the ocean and offer up some of their free time to help us spread the love of the ocean and its inhabitants. You don't need any prior experience or qualifications to become a volunteer, so this is the perfect opportunity for people who want a taste of what their future career in marine science may hold or those who simply want a hobby that keeps them in touch with the ocean. Young or old - all are welcome.
Everything you need to know about green turtle season
Around this time of the year, our team at the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Turtle Conservation Centre starts preparing for the “green season”. Just like turtle hatchlings tend to strand more frequently at particular times of the year, we experience a similar phenomenon with subadult green turtles.
Let’s learn all about green season, and what it means for our turtle team.
Welcome to our new hawksbill turtle, Mangaliso!
On the afternoon of the 30 June, the team at the Turtle Conservation Centre received a message from one of our volunteers that a turtle had been found on Melkbosstrand and was being brought in! When the precious parcel from Melkbos arrived, the team was shocked to see not a loggerhead hatchling but a juvenile hawksbill turtle!
Celebrate World Cleanup Day with the Two Oceans Aquarium at Monwabisi Beach!
In support of World Cleanup Day, join the Two Oceans Aquarium Trash Bash team at Monwabisi Beach and do your bit for the ocean! This is your chance to unite with individuals and organisations around the world who are grabbing their gloves and buckets with the mission of cleaning up plastic from our beaches.
Tracking our turtles: What have Bheni and Nobomvu been up to?
In the last month, our satellite-tagged turtles at the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Turtle Conservation Centre have been making waves! While both Bheni and Nobomvu were released around the same time in 2023, they’ve had very different journeys…
Our Marine Wildlife Management team rescued 15 seals from Robinson Dry Dock!
Our Marine Wildlife Management Programme undertook a massive seal rescue out of Robinson Dry Dock last week!
When a staff member at the Robinson Dry Dock called the Marine Wildlife Management Programme (MWMP) about several seals being trapped inside the dry dock, our team leapt into action to rescue them.
Why are we waddling for the African penguin?
On African Penguin Awareness Day, we will be waddling for the African penguin. Why? Because this charismatic seabird is threatened with extinction, and we need to act now.
Cape Town is synonymous with the iconic African penguin – they are one of the most recognisable features of the Western Cape coastline. Not only are they the only penguin species found on the African continent, but they are also an incredible eco-tourism drawcard! Unfortunately, estimates state that their species will be functionally extinct by 2035.
Our Marine Wildlife Management team learnt how to disentangle whales!
The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Marine Wildlife Management Programme (MWMP) is devoted to preserving the welfare of the abundant wildlife within the V&A Waterfront and its surroundings. While our team’s most regular interactions are with Cape fur seals, Cape clawless otters, and seabirds, we are also committed to upskilling whenever possible. This extends to learning how to disentangle whales!
We launched our Ocean Campus on World Teachers' Day!
On World Teachers’ Day, 5 October 2024, the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation launched its new Ocean Campus with a celebration of teachers and the ocean. Given the multiple threats facing the ocean and the importance of protecting its health, the Foundation’s Ocean Campus launch has come at a critical time to oversee the expansion of its educational work across the country and the continent.
You can help save the critically endangered African penguin
With its distinctive donkey-like bray and plumage resembling a tuxedo, the African penguin is a charismatic seabird native to the coastlines of South Africa and Namibia. Tragically, its populations are now endangered as only 1% of African penguins remain from pre-industrial times, plummeting from over 1 million breeding pairs in the early 1900s to less than 10,400 pairs today. With such low numbers, the birds are projected to be functionally extinct by 2035.
From ocean to plate: Driving sustainable seafood on the V&A Waterfront
Seafood is indispensable to the Western Cape. It serves as a major economic driver in the region, with the fishing industry employing over 50,000 people and contributing billions of rands to the economy each year. However, our current seafood consumption habits are depleting global fish stocks and harming ocean ecosystems.