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Cape Town is a city surrounded by beautiful biodiversity, abundant oceans and readily accessible nature. But, it is also a growing city that faces the challenges of fulfilling the human needs of energy provision, clean drinking water, and waste disposal. Bringing these human and natural worlds together in a sustainable way takes what we call "Smart Living" - and in partnership with DHL we're bringing free sustainability outreach lessons to schools throughout that area.

Sea turtles are the ultimate ocean wanderers, spending their entire lives shrouded by mystery at sea with only brief glimpses into their lives, personalities and habits revealed to use through a few chance encounters or on the beaches of their birth. For a special team at the Two Oceans Aquarium, working to save sea turtles that are found injured and stranded often turns into unique opportunities to glimpse into the lives of these animals, their behaviour, and the quirks and behaviours that reveal even more about the lives of these incredible endangered animals.

Did you know that the Two Oceans Aquarium is home to the worlds largest stingray species? Meet the giant short-tail stingrays of our I&J Ocean Exhibit - one of South Africa's lesser-known ocean giants.

Does your family love the Two Oceans Aquarium? Do you want to visit us more than once a year? Are you looking for edutainment that is fun, informative and supports a good cause? If you answered "yes" to any of these, then an Aquarium annual membership is for you! Unlimited visits, no queues, special rates for kids, pensioners, students, and nannies… That’s just the beginning of the boatloads of benefits you get as a member.

A few days ago, our team spotted a small Mola mola, or ocean sunfish, in the waters of the Cape Town harbour. Its not uncommon for these unusual-looking fish to accidentally enter shallow waters, but we know from experience that they can sometimes injure themselves in human-made environments - so we decided to check it out!

Nobomvu is a female sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle that was rescued at Gansbaai on 13 July 2021 by the community - a rescue that required the help of over 13 volunteers! Nobomvu was tangled in ghost fishing gear, and has been undergoing treatment for associated injuries in the care of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's turtle rehabilitation team.

Did you know that stingrays give birth to live young and not eggs?Stingrays, like our eagle ray below, are "ovoviviparous" - this means that the mother keeps the eggs inside her body after they hatch, feeding the pups fluids and egg yolks to help them grow.

Calling all Grade 5 and 6 learners that are interested in the ocean, and its amazing animals and plants. Have you ever wondered whether a shark is a fish? How is a sea cucumber related to a sea star? Did you know that turtles have lungs and breathe air like we do?

Hollywood would have you believe that sharks are all big and scary, but 10 billion views on YouTube's most popular video suggest otherwise - most sharks are "Baby Shark"! Aquarist Leigh de Necker is one of the Two Oceans Aquarium team members that cares for our "Baby Sharks" - including dark shysharks. Dark shysharks (Haploblepharus pictus), also known as “Pretty Happys,” are a small shark species endemic to Namibia and western South Africa.

On 17 January 2022, the sea turtle rehabilitation team of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation released 44 rehabilitated sea turtles approximately 30 nautical miles south of Hout Bay. The turtles were all rehabilitated at the Two Oceans Aquarium over the last several of months after being rescued by members of the public, stranded on Western Cape beaches. The group that was released included Geri, the three-flippered green sea turtle that has been recovering in the I&J Ocean Exhibit for the last couple of weeks.

Geri the three-flippered turtle s ready to return to the open ocean - here's what it took to get her release-ready. Geri arrived at the Aquarium for rehabilitation on 25 July 2021. She was rescued at Paternoster weighing 48.5kg, and with her missing front left flipper amputation already completely healed - what was worrying at the time was actually the severe injuries to her front right flipper, which included lacerations deep enough to expose her bone.

As the world has slowly begun returning to "normal" in 2021, it's been an interesting time to reflect on the people, values and goals that are important, and get our priorities right. As we all continue to recover, we'd like to take a look back at some of the highlights that made us proud of our team and community - thank you all!