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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 a...

Here's all the information you need to know about giant squids in South Africa. When you think "giant squids", you probably envisage huge, ship-capsizing krakens and bizarre sea monsters. Although thi...

Warning: High risk of controversy and/or cuteness. The world's penguins are a diverse and interesting bunch. Part of that diversity is the range of species - but where the species line is drawn is dif...

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 t...

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, So...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Everybody loves Nemo, but do you know how clownfish actually start their lives? Let's take a closer look into these much-loved fish.

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 Shar...

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 potenti...

It is during the Western leopard toad breeding season in Cape Town that we often get to see some of the other species of frogs which share the breeding pond sites with the toads. These include arum li...