When you and I take a deep breath, we pull air into our lungs. That’s because humans are mammals. But fish aren’t mammals. They usually don’t breathe air. They usually don’t have lungs. That’s what I ...

Have you ever seen a diving beetle? They’re one of my favorite animals. They live underwater and breathe air from a bubble attached to their butts. I talked about all the ways animals breathe ...

Bumblebees can breathe underwater by surrounding themselves with an air pocket that acts like a diving bell, scientists ...

Watching a fish glide through water gives the impression that it moves in a world foreign to ours. But if we need air to live, how do these animals manage to breathe beneath the surface, where our ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. ‘Lungfish’ would have been a common sight in the Devonian ...

In Slovenia’s Lake Cerknica, a seasonal spectacle plays out twice a year. As the waters retreat in spring and fall, fish are left gasping in shrinking pools, their gills flaring in search of oxygen ...

Sharks are among the best swimmers on the planet, but new research suggests that even they sometimes "hold their breath" while diving deep underwater. The reason is that sharks are ectothermic, or ...

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The feather-like structures at the top of this image are the gills of a zebrafish. The tissue below the gills is amphibranchial lymphoid tissue, a newly discovered structure that is enriched with ...

Research shows some hammerhead sharks hold their breath when diving deep under water. They do it to keep their bodies from getting too cold. (Story aired on All Things Considered on May 11, 2023.) ...