Many people learn to clear their ears (and sinuses) when swimming or diving underwater out of necessity. Though this is part of the instruction in a scuba diving course, recreational swimming does not ...

This is the first of a series of pool confidence workouts you should get comfortable doing if your future involves military scuba diving or rescue swimming. A certain level of water confidence needs ...

Swimming has traditionally been an above-the-water sport. With new tools and techniques, swimmers can spend more time underwater, which speeds up their race times. This shift toward underwater racing ...

Gentoo penguins are the world's fastest swimming birds, clocking in at maximum underwater speeds of up to 36 km/h (about 22 mph). That's because their wings have evolved into flippers ideal for moving ...