A USA Swimming Foundation study shows that while there has been notable improvement in the ability of young swimmers, there is still work to be done. The 2017 study showed that children’s overall ...

Taking a freezing dip in a lake or the sea is a valued well-being practice in the world's happiest country. In Finland, over ...

Of the 785 women surveyed, 46.9% said swimming eased their anxiety; 34.5% said it helped their mood swings; 31.1% said it elevated their mood; and 30.3% said it reduced their hot flashes. The findings ...

Menopausal women who regularly swim in cold water report significant improvements to their physical and mental symptoms, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The research, published in Post ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — You’re gonna need a bigger … drone. That’s right, “Jaws” fans. Researchers at California State University, Long Beach-based Shark Lab used drones to study juvenile white ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Several recent drownings in North Carolina are drawing attention to an unsettling gap when it comes to minorities and swimming. About 70 percent of black children do not know how to ...

NEW YORK — Nearly 60 percent of African-American children can’t swim, almost twice the figure for white children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey which USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its ...

NEW YORK – For young children aged 1 to 4 years, formal swimming lessons lower the risk of them drowning, researchers report. The American Academy of Pediatrics currently recommends that all children ...

Get those toddlers signed up for swim lessons pronto! That’s the message from a new study out of Australia’s Griffith University that found preschoolers who participate in swimming reach a range of ...

Polar bears are capable of swimming vast distances, a potential survival skill needed in an Arctic environment where summer sea ice is vanishing, a study led by the U.S. Geological Survey showed on ...