Certain animals store oxygen in their muscles using myoglobin protein. This adaptation allows marine mammals like seals and whales to dive for extended periods. Birds and semi-aquatic mammals also ...

For many, swimming is a source of joy and freedom, but holding your breath in shallow water can be fatal. In July 2022, Andrew Baker, a professor working on cardiovascular disease, and his daughter ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Take, for instance, Croatian freediver Budimir Šobat. On March 27, 2021, Šobat held ...

Most of us can hold our breath for between 30 and 90 seconds. A few minutes without oxygen can be fatal, so we have an involuntary reflex to breathe. But freediver Vitomir Maričić recently held his ...

The Fishfam's twin sisters take on the holding breath underwater challenge in a fun and competitive video.

Vitomir Maricic, a freediver from Croatia, did something incredible on June 14: He held his breath for 29 minutes and three seconds, shattering the previous world record by nearly five minutes. For ...

Did you know that the average human takes over 600 million breaths in their lifetime? As our key survival function, breathing is so necessary that it is primarily an involuntary act–it’s hardwired ...

In most bumblebee species, the queens spend their winters buried underground in a tiny cavity the size of a grape. For six to nine months, they enter a deep sleep-like state called diapause, waiting ...