Getting enough oxygen in the water can be hard work. While fish and many other aquatic animals take air directly from the water through gills, other animals find ingenious ways to drag air bubbles ...

Earlier this year, Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić set a world record with a breath-hold of a mind-boggling 29 minutes and 3 seconds He beat the previous world record by nearly five minutes — but ...

EAGLE MOUNTAIN — Experts are issuing a safety warning specifically for young boys swimming this summer. It comes after 12-year-old Jason Thorpe nearly drowned Friday in an Eagle Mountain hot tub.

The 31-year-old German has blown away the competition in the nascent sport of "free diving," in which people vie to see how long they can hold their breath underwater. Thanks to a large set of lungs ...

From childhood contests to grown-up moments of poolside bravado, most of us have tested our limits to see how long we can go without breathing. The aftermath includes experiencing a little ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who compete in the extreme sport of breath-hold diving commonly faint or show other signs of poor oxygen circulation -- though no permanent harm seems to come of it, ...