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 ...

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 ...

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.