Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some swimmers have also found wild swimming to be an antidote to pandemic-era loneliness and mental health struggles. Jessica J.

People have been swimming in bodies of water since the dawn of time. Whether it’s a lake, ocean, or river, it’s human nature to want to take a dip. But be honest — when was the last time you actually ...

Travellers are ditching heated pools for icy lakes and wild swims, as a new global ranking reveals the world’s most ...

In one version of Irish myth, selkies were seals that turned into beautiful women at night when they went ashore. One night, a man trapped a selkie and made her his wife. They had a son. She loved her ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Wet 'N' Wild Water World held a free event Thursday to show people how to swim. The swimming lessons were held at the "Wild Island Wave Pool" with lifeguards guiding ...

Wild swimming has grown massively in popularity in recent times. Not only is swimming outdoors a pleasant way to enjoy the sunshine, fresh air and green leafy surroundings, it can also help to relieve ...

Young swimmers and their swim instructors waded into the wave pool at Wild Rivers on Thursday morning in hopes of breaking a world record. The Irvine water park hosted the participants for the World’s ...

Data obtained by campaign group Save Windermere under Environmental Information Regulations shows that in 2024 alone, just six sewage overflow sites around the lake discharged unt ...

Charlotte Brynn winter swimming in Lake Willoughby. Photo courtesy of Charlotte Brynn/CNS Kate Kampner is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & ...

The family of late Olympic gold medalist Bill Yorzyk has created the the inaugural Wild Bill Swim and Paddle Challenge this summer, benefitting clean water causes in his native Massachusetts. The ...

Open-water swimmer Edwin Dobb strokes toward Alcatraz. Open-water swimmer Edwin Dobb strokes toward Alcatraz. A gray whale swims near Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. Although I had been swimming on and ...