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 ...

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Anthony Bain receives funding from the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. It’s a remarkable feat; anyone (including professional freedivers) would acknowledge that a ...

The “completely unexpected” behavior reported in scalloped hammerhead sharks raises questions about how widespread it may be among other species. By holding their breath, scalloped hammerhead sharks ...

All actors hold their breath during salary disputes, but these actors are also impressive at holding their breath underwater. We don't know exactly how long she could hold her breath underwater, but ...

"Poor Tom," Kate Winslet said as she opened up about breaking his record Kate Winslet is poking fun at Tom Cruise after breaking one of his impressive records. The actress, 47, recently spoke with USA ...

He shattered the previous world record by over five minutes — now Croatian athlete Vitomir Maričić shares the details of his "horrible" ordeal Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on ...

Some of these animals can stay submerged for staggering lengths of time. But which animal can hold its breath the longest? And what characteristics enable it to do this? Although diving times can ...