In a Costa Rican rainforest, a small, semiaquatic lizard called a diving anole leaps into a stream. Minutes pass, but the anole doesn’t surface for air, as these lizards typically do. Instead, the ...

What's scaly, striped and breathes underwater like a scuba diver? Water anoles, a semi-aquatic lizard found in the tropical forests of southern Costa Rica. These green-brown water anoles can dive ...

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Bugs and beetles can't hold their breath underwater like we do. Bugs and beetles can't hold their breath underwater like we do. But some aquatic insects can spend their whole adult lives underwater.

Sometimes, the bad guys come by sea. A U.S. researcher has come up with a new, non-lethal way to deter malicious undersea divers: an acoustic technique that would overwhelm them with the sound of ...

Scorkl is a compact, lightweight breathing device for quick shallow dives. It can be topped up using a hand pump, and lets the user swim underwater for up to 10 minutes at a time. Having reached its ...

Scuba diving may seem like too much of a hassle, what with all the equipment, training and money you need to make it happen. A new product – that’s like something straight out of a James Bond movie – ...

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A Costa Rican lizard species may have evolved scuba-diving qualities allowing it to stay underwater for 16 minutes, according to researchers. A Costa-Rican lizard species may have evolved scuba-diving ...

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