After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to investigate what makes that super-ability possible ...

A new study offers clues as to how the insects survive flooding as they emerge from a hibernation-like phase every winter.

Bumblebees can breathe underwater by surrounding themselves with an air pocket that acts like a diving bell, scientists ...

A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater and avoid predators. Presenting the world's smallest (and scrappiest) scuba diver: A species of ...

Several species of anolis lizards blow bubbles from their noses to breathe underwater, according to research published in the scientific journal Current Biology this month. While aquatic insects have ...

Aquatic insects and other invertebrates are well known for carrying bubbles underwater for respiration. Now scientists have found tropical lizards that also “breathe” underwater this way—a ...

A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater. (Photo by Lindsey Swierk via Courthouse News) (CN) — It took humans awhile to figure out how to swim ...

Some anole lizards have a newfound superpower: They can breathe underwater by trapping air in a bubble on their snouts. What’s more, these reptiles can stay submerged for nearly 20 minutes by ...

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The bubbles the anole lizards use may act as a "physical gill" that can pull oxygen from the water while accumulated carbon dioxide escapes into the water over the surface of the bubble in a process ...

The anole lizard may be a popular pet, but here's something that not many people may know: some of the things can breathe while underwater. A new study has confirmed their ability to do so, and ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Presenting the world’s smallest (and scrappiest) scuba diver: A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater and avoid predators ...