A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater. (Photo by Lindsey Swierk via Courthouse News) (CN) — It took humans awhile to figure out how to swim ...

(CNN) — In a Costa Rican rainforest, a small, semiaquatic lizard called a diving anole leaps into a stream. Minutes pass, but the anole doesn’t surface for air, as these lizards typically do. Instead, ...

Have you ever seen a diving beetle? They’re one of my favorite animals. They live underwater and breathe air from a bubble attached to their butts. I talked about all the ways animals breathe ...

In static freediving, also known as time diving or static apnea, the goal is to stay underwater as long as possible with held breath. Freediver Vitomir Maričić managed more than 29 minutes. What the ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive examine underwater entrapment risks, breath-holding limits, and how to survive.