Platform divers hit the water at speeds between 30 and 35 miles per hour. Repeating this impact too often can result in injury. What is an Olympic diving springboard made of? All modern major diving ...

With oceans covering more than 70 per cent of Earth, an underwater diving experience can reveal the ocean's incredible wonders. Scuba diving is an underwater diving where divers use a self ...

In the tropical forests of Costa Rica, a small lizard uses its own form of scuba gear — an air bubble on its head that allows it to breathe underwater for extended periods 1. Although many small ...

A Costa-Rican lizard species may have evolved scuba-diving qualities allowing it to stay underwater for 16 minutes, according to faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

The semi-aquatic lizards found in Costa Rica’s forests sometimes escape attackers by breathing a bubble over their heads that act as a scuba helmet when they dive and swim to safety ... the bubble as ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — We are learning more about Colleen Monfore, a South Dakota native who went missing while on a scuba diving trip off the coast of Indonesia. A fisherman found her body ...

"I've had people talk to me about how much they love scuba diving and freediving, and how they're interested in how animals might do the same thing," said Swierk. "So there's a great opportunity ...

The judges rate the execution (and synchronization, for synchro events) of every dive on a scale of 1-10, including half-point margins. Individual diving events are scored by a panel of seven judges.

Reptiles are astonishingly diverse, with extraordinary adaptations such as a tiny lizard in Costa Rica that has evolved a way to “scuba dive,” according to new research. The diving anole lives ...

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The Scientific Diving Program is available to Scripps/UC San Diego students who will be conducting underwater science for their studies and future careers. The program seeks to increase access to ...

A humble little lizard has developed a clever escape route from predators – it blows a bubble over its nostrils and scuba dives to ... from sticking to them. The diving abilities of these ...