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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Do sharks hold their breath underwater? This species might. The “completely unexpected” behavior reported in scalloped hammerhead sharks raises questions about how widespread it may be among ...

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 ...

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 ...