He had spent decades rewriting the rules of deep diving, surviving narcosis, near-death rescues, and caves no human had ever ...

KAZAN, Russia —From the impossibly altitudinous perch of the dive platform, rising roughly nine stories above the Kazanka River, athlete-daredevils in the FINA World Aquatics Championships high-diving ...

Norway's extreme sport, "death diving," is having a moment on TikTok. Dives can look like belly flops from unbelievable heights, but there is a method to the madness. Norweigan athlete Asbjorg Nesje ...

He wanted to make history by setting a spectacular world record. Except that for this young Australian diver, the challenge turned tragic, before the stunned eyes of spectators. A disproportionate ...

Athletes jump from an 88-foot platform into a river below. Michal Navratil of the Czech Republic competes during the men's 27 meter high dive final at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia ...

Giant oceanic manta ray (Mobula birostris) and scuba diver in San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedo, Mexico. (Photo by: Luis Javier Sandoval/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The first ...

Tourists who visit Jamaica and want to have a bite at Rick’s Café in Negril will also get some free extreme entertainment -- if they’re lucky. A Jamaican man by the name of Spider took a ...

This essay was adapted from The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance, by Steven Kotler, published by New Harvest. The balloon is a marvel, ghostly silver, as thin as a ...

If extreme sports aren’t enough to get your heart pumping, the dent they can put in your wallet should do the trick. A host of underlying costs come with seeking an adrenaline rush, including for ...

In the darkness nearly a mile beneath the ocean’s surface, where the pressure would crush a human and temperatures hover just ...