Davao freedivers Mary Salamanca and Geneva Ramos turn Samal’s coral reefs into a stage for viral underwater burlesque and art.

Free divers swim to extreme depths underwater (the current record is 214m, more than 700 feet) without any breathing apparatus. Champions can hold their breath for extraordinary amounts of time—the ...

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Ever since reading James Nestor’s 2014 book Deep, I’ve been fascinated by the scarcely believable feats of freedivers. Plunging 335 feet below the surface of the ocean and making it back on a single ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘There’s no up, down, to the side because there’s no gravity. You don’t feel any pressure on your body in any particular place’ ...

Freedivers saved the lives of five sea turtles that were caught in an abandoned fishing net. Footage, taken by one of the divers, shows the boat pull up to the stricken turtles as they struggle to ...

While the idea of venturing deep into the ocean fills many people with dread, for thrill-seeking freedivers it's an exciting sport. Now, a study has revealed that elite freedivers who dive unaided to ...

Ever since reading James Nestor’s 2014 book Deep, I’ve been fascinated by the scarcely believable feats of freedivers. Plunging 335 feet below the surface of the ocean and making it back on a single ...