A single zebrafish, exposed to alcohol, not only doubles its swim-speed among its "sober" peers, but also increases the speed of the whole group, a new study has found. A single zebrafish, exposed to ...

The Second Swim Speed Boost: Why Do Swimmers Perform Better in Finals? Meets featuring a preliminaries/finals setup are an expected part of the competitive swimming journey. Swimmers in these ...

From the outside looking in, swimming is just a sport of speed. It’s how quick you can flip, take a breath and jump off the block. It’s the millisecond between the touches of first and second. It’s ...

Fish have a sensory system known as the lateral line, which allows them to detect movements and pressure gradients in the water. Scientists have now given a robotic fish its own version of that system ...

Whether you’re feeling antsy without a structured training plan to follow this off-season or you’re looking to get a head start on next year’s training, you might be looking for a structured training ...

He spent most of his senior year at Central York looking forward to his college swimming career, feeling that he had picked the perfect school for himself in Division I East Carolina. Everything he ...

Scientists regularly draw ideas from the natural world in a bid to improve robotic performance, and when it comes to soft robots that swim, motion in the ocean is a rich source of inspiration. The ...

If anyone has earned the right to share the water with a shark, it's Michael Phelps. And his race against a great white is the buzziest event of Discovery Channel's 2017 Shark Week. But even with ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the pool, not all strokes are created equal, and you might be wondering what's the best swim ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LIBERTY, Mo. — There’s no goofing around for ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – New research findings are yielding insights into the physics behind the swimming behavior of bacteria and spermatozoa that could lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms ...