PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Fish are power eaters. In many species, large muscles running along their backs and bellies provide bursts of speed for chasing down prey. Then, at the very ...

Bass are strong swimmers but they can't capture prey without also exerting a powerful suction into their mouths. A new study shows that the power to form that vacuum comes from the very same muscles ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Swimmers and scuba divers can improve their swimming endurance and breathing capacity through targeted training of the respiratory muscles, researchers at the University at Buffalo ...

Muscle fibers in the swim appendages of the mollusk Aplysia brasiliana are innervated by cholinergic motoneurons. Serotonin (5-HT) causes an increase in amplitude of junctional potentials and muscle ...

Swimmers and scuba divers can improve their swimming endurance and breathing capacity through targeted training of the respiratory muscles, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown.

In fiction, cyborgs typically start as fully biological and later have mechanical elements incorporated. This has the convenient consequences of avoiding questions of whether or not a cyborg is a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Both running and swimming are great forms of cardio, engaging your muscles, boosting heart health, ...

If you want to build muscle, you need to strength train — but swimming is one form of cardio that can help inch you closer to your goals. "Muscle is built by repetitive motions, using the same muscles ...