Many animals that live in water need to come up to the surface to breathe, but they can still spend impressive lengths of time submerged thanks to a few clever tricks.

With the anole’s next inhale, its last breath becomes its next breath—a biological version of the rebreathers than human divers use to conserve and recycle their oxygen supply underwater. The ...

You’ll Never Guess How This Spider Can Breathe Underwater for 30 Minutes The trick is even stylish, making the arachnid appear as though it has been “dipped in silver.” By Tim Newcomb ...

How some lizards breathe underwater. Snout bubbles let anoles stay submerged in streams for up to about 20 minutes. ... The findings highlight how different animals have evolved to live in water, ...

How can animals that need to breathe air manage to sleep underwater? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If marine mammals want ...

Unlike humans, marine mammals have evolved remarkable adaptations that allow them to hold their breath for extended periods, enabling them to thrive in aquatic environments. It was traditionally ...

Is anything cuter than a baby hippo? Fans of Thailand’s Khoa Kheow Open Zoo don’t think so. The zoo recently held a four-day ...

A real-life Princess Ariel who swims with sharks and turtles has learned to hold her breath for four minutes to amaze kids in her shows as a mermaid.

Like eight-legged scuba divers, some spiders can breathe underwater using an air bubble as an oxygen tank of sorts. Now, scientists have figured out some of the fascinating details of this ...

Secondly, for animals to hold their breath, they need lungs, said John Spicer, a marine zoologist at the University of Plymouth in the U.K. "Holding breath only applies to animals with lungs and ...