The “wild swimming” trend — aka open-water swimming, or taking dips in lakes, rivers, streams or even the sea — isn't exactly new. Still, it has been increasing in popularity over the past decade, ...

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 ...

Parents who say they let their young children swim at the beach solo have defended their choice to let them do so. Sammy and Jason, who live in Australia, claim they have adopted the “lighthouse” ...

Every year, about 900 children die from accidental drowning in the United States. This is largely in part due to lack of access to swimming lessons, living far from bodies of water and lack of ...

Primrose Freestone, senior lecturer in clinical microbiology at the University of Leicester looks at the growing trend of wild swimmining and whether fears of germs and unwanted bacteria are founded.

University of Leicester provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Wild swimming has grown massively in popularity in recent times. Not only is swimming outdoors a pleasant way to enjoy the ...