Nick Edwards, a deputy principal at Ahutoetoe School in Milldale, Auckland, is planning to swim across The Cook Strait / Te ...

Qing Li always wanted to compete in the Olympics. The 35-year-old grew up surrounded by swimming greats and even got to meet a few Olympic swimmers before she turned 10. From a young age, Li competed ...

Inspired by his close friend’s cancer journey, Nick Edwards will swim across Cook Strait in March to raise money for ovarian cancer. He speaks to the Herald’s Sarah Pollok ahead of the endeavour. A ...

After retiring from elite sport four months ago, Emma McKeon has joined humanitarian aid organisation UNICEF to help teach children in Bangladesh how to swim.

DOCTORS found parasites burrowed into a woman’s cornea after she made a common mistake while swimming in a pool. Maureen ...

13.35 years ago, on February 14, 1990, the iconic 'Pale Blue Dot' photo was captured, showing Earth as a tiny speck from 3.7 ...

Clarke wanted to be the first person in almost 40 years to achieve a double crossing of New Zealand's Cook Strait but the ...

Practical tip: Periodically swim with your head up, looking forward, for up to 20 strokes. Called the "lifeguard swim," this ...

Rebecca Oakes won four gold medals at the Les Richards Championships on Saturday. The Scranton Prep sophomore led her team’s ...

Learn more about how certain fish can recognize human divers, and may have even formed bonds with them.

Exclusive: She’s Australia’s greatest Olympian, but now swimmer Emma McKeon is making a splash in Bangladesh, where she is ...

Gretchen Walsh and Katie Ledecky are among six aquatics athletes up for voting as Sullivan Award semifinalists, announced ...