In August 1926, American champion swimmer Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel, completing the 21-mile feat in 14 hours and 34 minutes—a record that would stand ...

When Daisy Ridley joined the film Young Woman and the Sea, based on the true story of American swimmer Trudy Ederle’s quest to become the first woman to swim the English Channel, she’d already landed ...

For Zanzibar’s semi-autonomous government, seaweed sits at the heart of its “blue economy” agenda — a plan to grow prosperity ...

Menopausal women who regularly swim in cold water report significant improvements to their physical and mental symptoms, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The research, published in Post ...

Everyone loves a good Cinderella story, especially The Walt Disney Company, and Joachim Rønning’s “Young Woman and the Sea” is a textbook example. That’s not just because the movie tells the story of ...

The 28-year-old clocks 21.93sec to eclipse the previous record of 21.96 set by China's Sun Jiajun in 2024. Read more at ...

The documentary produced by Malala Yousafzai details how our changing environment impacts a dwindling group of woman in South Korea. On Jeju Island in South Korea, there are real-life mermaids. A ...

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday approved several adds to the Olympic program for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, including more women’s teams in soccer and water polo and new events in ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Chinese woman who was swept out to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach was rescued 37 hours later after drifting in an inflatable swim ring more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) in the ...

The Last of the Sea Women (now streaming on Apple TV+) profiles the haenyeo – Korean for “sea women” – a group of female freedivers who harvest mollusks, kelp and other seafood from the ocean floor ...