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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here are 13 actors who held their breath underwater for an extraordinarily long time. Because the most exclusive club in Hollywood... is only accessible through the pool. Let's dive in. We don't know ...

He shattered the previous world record by over five minutes — now Croatian athlete Vitomir Maričić shares the details of his "horrible" ordeal Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on ...

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 ...