Cold water swimming is growing in popularity amongst women, but more support is needed to make many wild swimming sites in the UK safer and more accessible, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Right here on the Upper Cape there is a group who suit up for 30 to 40 minutes of open water ocean swimming, year-round.

It’s 8am and I’m standing at the edge of my local lake at Beckenham Place Park in London, the early morning sun just beginning to peek over the trees. A layer of mist is rising from the cold water and ...

If you've ever been cold water swimming, you'll know all about the short, sharp shock it gives your senses as you plunge in. According to a new study, it can pretty quickly change the stress response ...

Cold plungers dunk in Puget Sound's icy waters throughout the winter. Many say it helps their mental and physical health. Research shows they may be onto something.

If you live near a body of water in the northern latitudes, you likely have heard of your local polar bear club — usually made up of a group of hearty swimmers who take part in cold water swimming.

Senses vary in their openness to language. If smells and tastes are hard to describe, the intimate somatosensory modalities may elude description altogether. A human body can sense its position and ...

When temperatures drop in open water, many triathletes will head back to the pool. But that’s a shame, because cold-water swimming has many benefits for our physical and mental health – you just need ...

STURGEON BAY - If you think the waters of Lake Michigan off Whitefish Dunes State Park are a great place to wade in the water during the summer, a number of people across the country apparently think ...

Sasha Lauer loves wild swimming for the benefits it brings to her wellbeing but worries about the state of her local rivers. "We are pragmatic about it and are careful to keep our heads out of the ...