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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.
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.
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.
Raising awareness for the African penguin with our biggest waddle yet!
In support of #NotOnOurWatch and the future of the African penguin, we waddled with CapeRADD, SANCCOB, and I AM WATER from Muizenberg to Simon’s Town on Saturday, 12 October. Along with our collective community of waddlers, we aimed to give a voice to this charismatic seabird and inspire collective action for their preservation and protection.
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!
Life lessons from our Two Oceans Aquarium inhabitants
We have some fascinating creatures at the Two Oceans Aquarium, and over the years we have learned a thing or two from these seasoned sailors …