Half a billion years before the first submarine left harbor, the ancestors of our modern nautiluses were already beginning to master the art of buoyancy control. How do these creatures work? Read on.

Researchers have described three new species of nautilus found in the Coral Sea and the South Pacific. The three species can be differentiated due to genetic structure, shell size and coloration, and ...

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In early August, biologist Peter Ward returned from the South Pacific with news that he encountered an old friend, one he hadn't seen in over three decades. The University of Washington professor had ...

Biologists at the University of Washington hope September will bring welcome news for a dazzling array of sea creatures that have long been victims of human aesthetic fascination. At a meeting in ...

One scientist says it might be the "rarest animal in the world," and he's just seen it in the South Pacific three decades after his first sighting. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious ...

New research blurs the distinction between nautilus species, making their conservation all the more important. Biologists hope nautiluses will get much-needed protections from trade and harvesting.

It's not easy studying the nautilus, a creature that lurks in the depths of the ocean and emerges only at night to prowl the coral reefs. But the rewards are great: discovering just how old a living ...

The crew of the research vessel E/V Nautilus erupted in excited chatter as they watched live video from a remotely operated vehicle traversing the German Channel in the Pacific island state of Palau. ...

In late March and April, 37 Public Schools’ marine biology students traveled to Nadi, Fiji, to study nautiluses and other sea ...