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, ...

At the break of dawn, a group of swimmers step into a quiet lake, scanning the open horizon. There are no lane lines, no black lines on the bottom of the pool. Simply the water, wind, and the unknown.

A family exploring in the Israeli desert stumbled across an old pool and decided to take a plunge, despite the color of the water. Simcha Sher, a 31-year-old native of Upstate New York who now lives ...

Dear Mary Williams-Neal Community Center Pool kids: I feel you. Green pool water. Yuck! (June 27, 2A, “This KC community pool closed after turning bright green. Here’s why & when it’ll reopen”) A ...