Vitomir Maričić holds his breath for over 29 minutes, setting a new diving record and raising awareness for ocean ...

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 ...

Esther Williams was a competitive swimmer and actress beloved for a run of films, starting in the mid-1940s, that highlighted her ability to perform gorgeously choreographed routines — often ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić crushed the previous record by nearly 5 minutes–an outstanding feat aided by inhaling oxygen before the hold.

Nature was inhabited by a variety of species, and humans were one such amazing category amongst them. Species evolved and adapted to their environments to better settle, but it was unusual for humans ...