"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." WETSUITS ARE DECEPTIVELY simple. While they may seem like little more than one-piece neoprene "jumpers" ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and found that the suits can help keep swimmers safe. Fatal ...

Flinders University researchers in Australia tested four bite-resistant wetsuit materials against white and tiger sharks, finding all reduced damage from shark attacks.

They performed the work by dragging samples of the materials behind boats and allowing white and tiger ... like surfing and diving, the scientists said in research published in the journal Wildlife ...