Putney Beach at Putney Park in Sydney's north-west opened to the public on Wednesday. It's the third swim site to open under the Parramatta River Master Plan. Despite concerns about water quality, the ...

These otters swim by propelling ... using ice holes to surface and breathe. They can hold their breath underwater for some eight minutes. River otters, members of the weasel family, hunt at ...

In Japan, a sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool appeared in the city of Yashio, swallowing a truck and its driver.

Johns River, is known for its clear and calm turquoise ... Lake Stella is one of the best secret swimming holes in Florida.

Officials said the driver had been stuck in the hole, approximately 20ft deep, for some eight hours after it formed at about ...

A young boy has died after being pulled unconscious from a popular swimming hole. Emergency services were called to Bents Basin near Greendale in Sydney's far south-west about 5.15pm on Saturday ...

river, lake or pool. These freshwater swimming holes are great, but they come with a hidden danger. While it's very rare, it can be deadly—a brain infection by a microbe widely known as the ...

Drones, sniffer dogs and boats have been used to find the body of a 16-year-old boy, who disappeared after getting washed away while swimming with friends.

Emergency services have found the bodies of two men who went missing while swimming in the Murray River between Victoria and New South Wales. The separate searches involved police and emergency ...