He had been diving the underwater caves of North Florida since he was a teen—by 1972, at age 23, he was the first person in the world to log 1,000 cave dives—and exploring them is what pushed ...

An American explorer has set a new deep diving record in the Mariana Trench, and in the process uncovered just how far human waste can travel.. Victor Vescovo has successfully completed a solo ...

A deep-diving robot has been deployed in the search for the Titan submersible, the US Coast Guard said. The Victor 6000 can go to depths of almost 20,000 feet, meaning it could be key to any rescue.

A deep-diving robot exploring the depths of the world's deepest water-filled sinkhole has found an amazing diversity of microbial life, even down where sunlight can't reach.

Hammerhead sharks are able to deep dive to frigid, near-freezing waters to catch rare prey. But scientists have long been confused about how the cold-blooded animals survive such cold waters.

How Deep-Diving Sharks Stay Warm Will Take Your Breath Away. To survive as they seek food in freezing parts of the ocean, hammerhead sharks use a trick that hasn’t been observed in other fish.

In deep-diving whales and seals, the peripheral airways are reinforced, and it is postulated that this allows the lungs to collapse during travel to depth.