The deep-diving record went back to France last week. At 10:09 one morning, on the Atlantic 160 miles off Dakar, the French navy's bathyscaphe FNRS 3* submerged. Three hours later she settled ...

One of my motivations was to put Egypt on the map, to show that Egyptians and Arabs can do such things,” he said.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Goose-beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) hold the record for deepest dive of any marine mammal, and researchers hope that ...

China's new deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe, or Striver, set a national diving record of 10,909 meters on Tuesday in ...

A French freediver broke the deepest dive world record as he descended to a depth of 120m (393ft) in bi-fins. Arnaud Jerald took 3 minutes and 34 seconds to complete the dive, during the annual ...