China declared new "baselines" around Scarborough Reef, a large coral atoll topped by a handful of rocks barely above sea level in the South China Sea.

The discovery of a 480-million-year-old sponge in China has revolutionized scientists’ understanding of early reef ecosystems and biomineralization. As published in the journal PNAS, Chinese ...

Scientists discovered a 480-million-year-old phosphatic sponge in South China, making it the oldest known stromatoporoid and ...