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 ...

These 13 actors held their breath underwater for an absurdly long time. They prove that Hollywood’s most exclusive club… is ...

Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić broke the world record for longest human breath hold with a stunning 29 minutes and 3 seconds—almost five minutes longer than the previous record, set in 2021.

A freediver has broken an iconic world record by holding his breath underwater for almost half an hour. The incredible feat was achieved by Vitomir Maričić (Croatia), who wanted to send a strong ...

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 ...

Scientists explored how repeated breath-holding impacts the body. A study found that practicing breath-holding techniques ...

For almost 30 minutes, Vitomir Maricic didn t take a breath. Face down in a pool, surrounded by anxious onlookers, the ...

Face down in a pool, surrounded by anxious onlookers, the Croatian freediver fought spasming pain to redefine what doctors thought was possible. When he finally surfaced, he had smashed the previous ...

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 ...