Free-diving instructor Emily Marzilli and her friends had a close encounter with a Bryde's whale while observing a large ...

When James Nestor first witnessed free diving, he nearly threw up. Then he got hooked. He learned to hold his breath for four minutes, hung out with a “shark whisperer,” and even traveled, Jules Verne ...

Free divers swim to extreme depths underwater (the current record is 214m) without any breathing apparatus. Champions can hold their breath for extraordinary amounts of time – the record for women is ...

The growing sport of diving without an oxygen tank takes athletes to extreme depths – with serious consequences. On the morning of November 17, Nick Mevoli lay floating on his back in a Bahamian ...

Dahab, Egypt, just north of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula, is perfect for free-diving. A diver can have tea in a simple beach cafe and then take just a handful of steps into the Gulf of Aqaba ...

The final day of my Los Angeles free-diving course happened to coincide with my 12th wedding anniversary. Instead of drinking wine with my better half, I was scheduled to dive the Pacific Ocean to a ...

There’s whale song in the ocean today, carrying miles and miles. Bella Massey breaks the surface of the water, droplets of salty ocean cascading down her neoprene hood, and smiles. “Can you hear it?” ...

Free diver Nicholas Mevoli of Brooklyn died after his event last week at the Vertical Blue competition in the Bahamas. Host Rachel Martin talks to writer James Nestor, who is writing a book on the ...