Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earlier this year, Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić set a world record with a breath-hold of a mind-boggling 29 minutes and 3 ...

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 ...

Did you know that the average human takes over 600 million breaths in their lifetime? As our key survival function, breathing is so necessary that it is primarily an involuntary act–it’s hardwired ...

For almost 30 minutes, Vitomir Maricic didn't take a breath. Face down in a pool, surrounded by anxious onlookers, the Croatian freediver fought spasming pain to redefine what doctors thought was ...

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 ...

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One of the most horrifying diving accidents in recent memory is now the basis for a new movie. On Sept. 19, 2012, three divers descended 300 feet below the surface of the North Sea to replace a pipe ...

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A quick heads up to anyone contemplating holding their breath longer than Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić: think twice. “I seriously think it was one of the worst experiences in my life,” Maričić, ...

Did you know that the average human takes over 600 million breaths in their lifetime? As our key survival function, breathing is so necessary that it is primarily an involuntary act–it’s hardwired ...