West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

Just 12 days later, they arrived to find a never-before-seen ecosystem filled with giant sponges, fish, enormous sea spiders and octopuses exposed to the open air for the first time.

The seabed community, which consists of breathtaking corals, sea sponges, isopods, and more, is thought to have survived on ocean currents leading up to its exposure. Scientists are now working to ...