According to a BBC report, the Yantar, officially an oceanographic research vessel, actually bristles with surveillance equipment, and the mother ship for manned and unmanned deep-sea submersibles.

The presence of a Chinese research ship comes after Beijing's warships circumnavigated Australia less than a month ago.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute has introduced a new research vessel named after founder David Packard, ...

The U.S. oceanographic research community depends on a complex network of ships and institutions for scientific discovery at sea. The University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS ...

The Chinese research vessel Song Hang, which is suspected of gathering intelligence data in Philippine waters, told the crew ...

The Russian Navy’s ocean survey vessel Yantar had to leave the search area for Argentina’s San Juan submarine, but is expected to return on December 19, Argentine Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi ...

The Philippines coast guard raised doubts over the crew's stated intention of sailing Indian Ocean for fishing operations.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday said the Chinese research ship is now in Tawi-Tawi and has not shown signs it is ...

The Chinese research ship seen traversing the Philippines' archipelagic waters was going to the Indian Ocean “to catch fish,” ...