Together, they initiated the creation of a new report, published in Experimental Physiology, to raise awareness of the risks ...

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 ...

In 2022, Edinburgh University professor Andrew Baker, one of the authors of the report, and his daughter had to rescue and resuscitate his son George.

Research reveals how natural selection shaped the Bajau sea nomads’ spleens to boost oxygen delivery, helping them dive for ...

For many of us, swimming is a source of joy and freedom, and snorkelling underwater is a summer staple, but did you know that ...

After nearly losing his son, Professor Baker united with bereaved parents to expose 'hidden killer' of underwater blackouts.

Croatian freediver Vitomir Maricic recently broke the record for the longest breath-hold underwater. For almost 30 minutes, ...

Earlier this year, Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić set a world record with a breath-hold of a mind-boggling 29 minutes and 3 seconds He beat the previous world record by nearly five minutes — but ...

The new and old records were set by inhaling pure oxygen to help the oxygen-carbon dioxide balance. The unaided record is ...

“I have the video of me surfacing saying, ‘Am I dead, have I died?’ And then going, ‘What was [my time]?'” Winslet said. “Straight away I wanted to know my time. And I couldn’t believe it…The next ...