Tipton and Harper both said that any benefits from cold-water immersion come from the body’s cold-shock response: the sudden ...

While evidence is building around the positive mental health effects of taking a plunge in chilly water, scientific confirmation is still lacking.

As long as humans have seen a body of water, they have tried to jump in for a swim, but is the Strait of Gibraltar your ...

FILE - Revelers enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, file) (Andres Kudacki ...

Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a ...

Revelers enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, file) (AP) — Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim ...

As Recovery Month wraps up, two Cape Town swimmers are taking on the Robben Island-to-Blouberg swim to raise funds for ...

As climate change reshapes the Blue Ridge, Appalachia’s native trout are losing ground - but anglers and scientists are ...