The attempt was only possible thanks to some pre-gaming with pure oxygen, but still eye-popping.

Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić has achieved a new oxygen-assisted breath-hold world record of 29 minutes and 3 seconds, surpassing the previous mark by nearly five minutes. The feat, performed in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For most of us humans, the aquatic dance is the same. We dive into a pool or a lake or an ocean, perhaps hold our breath for a few ...

In many sports, there is an inherent risk. That’s part of the allure. We often are perfectly content to watch people attempt feats we would never try ourselves. We marvel and applaud those who put ...

Amber Bourke stands on the ocean floor, facing away from a black abyss while holding her breath. Slowly, she crouches down and pushes off, arching her back gracefully and spinning down into the ...

The first step in learning to freedive is, perhaps ironically, learning to breathe. Beside the hotel’s long, rectangular adults-only pool, Sammy, who runs her own freediving school, guides me through ...

"Think about the Mammalian Diving Reflex and what it does for you." Netflix released a 7-min featurette looking at "The Science of Freediving," considered one of the most dangerous sports on Earth. It ...

As it sounds, the sport doesn’t come without some large degree of danger, and “The Deepest Breath” tells the story of two individuals — Italian champion freediver Alessia Zecchini and Irish safety ...

Taking a deep breath has long been known to calm down the body; athletes before a race do it or performers and speakers before going on stage. So how can we learn to breathe better? KCRW’s Joanthan ...

The Atlantic Ocean is a turquoise blanket unfurled to the horizon beyond the white sand beach of the Grace Bay Club, a luxury resort in Turks and Caicos. My husband, Adrian, and I haven’t traveled as ...