Nicholas Mevoli was dedicated to freediving, the sport which is featured in Netflix ’s documentary The Deepest Breath. Mevoli ...

In fact, humans have been freediving for thousands of years, mainly to gather food and resources from the ocean floor. For ...

Croatian Freediver Breaks World Record For Holding Breath Underwater — By an Extra 5 minutes Most types of publicity are ...

Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić broke the world record for longest human breath hold with a stunning 29 minutes and 3 ...

Guillaume Néry is a world champion freediver. Without scuba gear, he explores an underwater world that most of us have never ...

New Netflix documentary "The Deepest Breath," directed by Laura McGann, looks at the thrills and dangers of freediving.

Humans have a long history of diving to forage from the seabed and today elite freedivers are reaching greater depths than ever. Some researchers argue humans belong in the sea.

Also known as apnea, breath holding, or skin diving, freediving is the act of holding one’s breath underwater without a breathing apparatus.

"Think about the Mammalian Diving Reflex and what it does for you." Netflix released a 7-min featurette looking at "The Science of Freediving," considered one of the most dangerous sports on Earth ...

Landing two longlist spots is “The Deepest Breath,” Laura McGann’s critically-lauded documentary exploring the mesmerizing world of freediving, the extreme sport in which thrill-seekers ...

Alessia Zecchini and Stephen Keenan are fated to meet in "The Deepest Breath," a new Netflix documentary about love and the dangers of freediving.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Adam Skolnick about his new book about the extreme sport of freediving. It's called One Breath, and it focuses on the death in 2013 of freediver Nick Mevoli.