China deploys several advanced ships and technologies to explore marine biology, fisheries and mineral resources China has been investing heavily in scientific research in the South China Sea in ...

Aboard a research vessel in the South China Sea, scientists scooped up some deep-sea muck and began sifting through it. Hidden inside they found an eyeless creature. It turned out to be a new species.

China has been extending its reach in the South China Sea by building artificial islands atop reefs. China's claims over these islands is unlawful and many countries are fighting back.

The new species was found in the South China Sea, a contested body of water in southeastern Asia that borders Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.

On July 12, nine years ago, the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued its final ruling on the case filed by the Philippines against China regarding maritime disputes in the South China Sea.

Research off China’s Hainan Island captures rare footage of Pacific sleeper sharks, expanding knowledge of their behavior and range in the South China Sea.

In 2016, an international arbitral tribunal in The Hague dismissed China's sweeping claims in the South China Sea. Beijing maintains that the decision is invalid. What People Are Saying ...

China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the disputed South China Sea despite its intensifying “bullying tactics” and the United ...

China and the Philippines have staked rival claims to a spit of land in the South China Sea, moves that could further inflame tensions in one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. In recent ...