Provincial police say the body of a scuba diver who was in distress and went missing in Kingston, Ont., Sunday afternoon has ...

Marine mammals can dive for remarkably long periods because ... them to make decisions so they don’t run out of oxygen and drown—evolutionarily, it puts them and their physiology amongst ...

In a study in the journal Science, McKnight and his colleagues report they may have found the answer: Seals can directly perceive how much oxygen is circulating in their body and act accordingly. It's ...

marine mammals have to be able to cognitively perceive oxygen levels in their blood in order to make diving decisions to not run out of oxygen and drown. Not only that, but at the same time ...

He found that, as well as being able to store oxygen efficiently, they have a unique ability to cognitively perceive levels in their blood so as to not run out and drown. "To find such a ...

But in 2019, the ecologist decided to test a new instrument for gathering data underwater on another kind of swimming mammal: humans at the free-diving world championships. He was shaken by what ...