In a study in the journal Science, McKnight and his colleagues report they may have found the answer: Seals can directly perceive how much oxygen is circulating in their body and act accordingly. It's ...

Green turtles, dolphins and whales live there, along with 200 species of birds, 1,500 species of ... "Snorkel at Moore reef, Australia." Harry Otoi "Scuba Diving the Great Barrier Reef with ...

Dr Chris McKnight from County Antrim has been researching how seals can hold their breath much longer underwater than ... other breath-hold diving animals, like birds and reptiles, to spend ...

The seals took part of their own free will in the University’s pool facility, diving underwater to get fish ... breath-hold diving animals (like birds and reptiles) allowing them to spend ...

Native to the North Atlantic, they use their wings as underwater flippers ... including 23 golds , it is known as the "Michael Phelps of birds," and puffins keep up this name for their exceptional ...

Given that shared hardware, McKnight thinks this ability might extend to other diving mammals or perhaps even reptiles and birds that have evolved to make a living underwater. "We think there ...