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Josiah & Ridgley / Save The Nautilus Updates:
Fiji Update
Fiji 2019: Save the Nautilus teamed with the Ministry of Fisheries, the Ministry of Environment, and the University of South Pacific to continue nautilus sampling efforts in the Fiji Islands, specifically focusing on Suva Harbour. The team used baited traps to survey...
Expedition Nautilus
Big thanks to Ocean Media Institute for this amazing footage shot in Fiji over the summer of 2018!
Expedition: Join the Search for the Nautilus Egg!
The Save the Nautilus Team will be continuing its field expeditions to Fiji in July 2018. This year, they will be sharing updates through the National Geographic's Open Explorer platform (link below). The team will be deploying underwater video cameras, collecting...
Link: Huge News! US Proposal Submitted to protect all chambered nautiluses.
We are so excited to tell you that the United States has submitted a proposal to protect all chambered nautiluses under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). And we are honored to say that the proposal was co-sponsored by Fiji, India, and Palau.
Chronicle Article: Headwaters student recognized for nautilus conservation work
Read the Bozeman Daily Chronicle Article featuring Josiah, Ridgely & Save The Nautilus.
Josiah & Ridgely raise over $11,000 with the Barron Prize!
Learn more about how Josiah & Ridgely prize & how they raised over $11,000 to support nautilus research and are working to get the animal listed as an endangered species.
Watch Josiah and Ridgely’s Skype interview with Earth Rangers
Watch Josiah and Ridgely’s 2013 video interview with Earth Ranger D.Scott after they returned from helping Dr. Peter Ward research Nautilus in American Samoa, an adventure they shared with the Wild Wire.
Article: Maine boys try to throw lifeline to a lovely, overfished mollusk
Read the Portland Press article on Josiah, Ridgely & Save The Nautilus. “Article: Maine boys try to throw lifeline to a lovely, overfished mollusk”, by Tom Bell.
WATCH Josiah & Ridgely on KOMO News
Watch a video of Josiah & Ridgely on KOMO News talking about the nautilus and the money they raised!
Article: Child’s non-profit gains national attention
Read the article talking about Save The Nautilus on Bigfork Eagle News, by Matt Naber.
Radio Interview: Josiah and Ridgely on Public Radio MPBN
http://www.mpbn.net/DesktopModules/PDGNews/MediaPlayer.aspx?PDGNewsStoryID=19369&PDGNewsMediaID=4396&TabID=36&ModuleID=3478%25EF%25BB%25BFListen to Josiah and Ridgely on Public Radio MPBN.
Articles / Press about the chambered nautilus:
Expedition Nautilus
Big thanks to Ocean Media Institute for this amazing footage shot in Fiji over the summer of 2018!
New Article: A revisited phylogeography of Nautilus pompilius
Read the new Article: A revisited phylogeography of Nautilus pompilius – written by Lauren E. Vandepas, Frederick D. Dooley, Gregory J. Barord, Billie J. Swalla & Peter D. Ward
Link: Huge News! US Proposal Submitted to protect all chambered nautiluses.
We are so excited to tell you that the United States has submitted a proposal to protect all chambered nautiluses under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). And we are honored to say that the proposal was co-sponsored by Fiji, India, and Palau.
Article: From ‘fuzzy’ nautilus to red colobus monkey: ‘living fossils’ recovered
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2015/0828/From-fuzzy-nautilus-to-red-colobus-monkey-living-fossils-recoveredRead Article: From ‘fuzzy’ nautilus to red colobus monkey: ‘living fossils’ recovered, written by Henry Gass.
The rediscovery of the crusty nautilus in Papua New Guinea is one of several recent sighting’s of animals thought to have disappeared forever.
Fuzzy Nautilus Rediscovered and Filmed After 30 Years
https://savethenautilus.com/2015/08/24/fuzzy-nautilus-rediscovered-and-filmed-after-30-years/Read the National Geographic article: Fuzzy Nautilus Rediscovered and Filmed After 30 Years.
Article: Earth Rangers – Saving the Nautilus with Josiah and Ridgely
http://www.earthrangers.com/wildwire/super-rangers/saving-the-nautilus-with-josiah-and-ridgely/Read the Earth Rangers Article – Saving the Nautilus with Josiah and Ridgely.
Loving the Chambered Nautilus to Death
New York Times Article: Loving The Chambered Nautilus to Death, by William J. Broad.
Dr. Peter Ward’s Ted Talk
Dr. Peter Ward’s TED Talk: A theory of Earth’s mass extinctions – Filmed February 2008 at TED2008.
