A groundbreaking discovery was made in the deep waters of the Palau Islands when the research vessel E/V Nautilus encountered a rare marine creature, a species that has remained virtually ...

Exciting developments were made in 2024, relocating underwater species from the past. E/V Nautilus in particular rejoiced after locating the Nautilus belauensis in the Pacific Ocean after 15 years ...

The chambered, or pearly, nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) is a charismatic cephalopod species known for its exceptional spiraling, chambered shell. It belongs to a family that has barely changed since ...

This species of octopus is also known as the paper nautilus (the shell it builds to hold its eggs is made of paper-thin calcium carbonate). The Chinese name for the species translates to “white ...

HABITAT: The chambered nautilus lives in deep fore reefs (at about 330 feet to 2,300 feet) of the tropical Indo-Pacific. RANGE: The species is native to the Indo-Pacific, including American Samoa, ...

Imagine creatures that have survived since the time of dinosaurs. Species like the tuatara, sturgeon, crocodile, hagfish, chambered nautilus, platypus ...

University of Oregon researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart ...

And after more digging, they also found evidence for the chromosome in the nautilus, a mollusk that split apart from the octopus approximately 480 million years ago. The fact that these species ...