Vijaya Srivastava, who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, took her first swimming lesson at age 68. She’s now a daily swimmer. Credit...Video by Aubrey Trinnaman for The New York Times Supported by ...

It’s another gray Pacific Northwest winter morning. The kind where the water and sky blend together into one, imbued with a raw, wet cold that seeps into your bones. I could be sitting inside drinking ...

Marineland Dolphin Adventure has evolved into an immersive, one-on-one, swim-with-the-dolphins experience. I have always been curious about those attractions where you can swim with dolphins. People ...

Before a long day at the office Jenny Cook and her teammates rise before the sun to get in an early morning swim. Cook has been swimming since she was three years old. A New York transplant from ...

Off the coast of the Caribbean island of Dominica, sperm whales are making a big splash. Swim alongside them and you may find yourself hooked. Maggie Shipstead is a New York Times best-selling and ...

I’m barely fifty feet from shore, but if I panic, I suppose I could drown. I’m as naked as Adam, and so are the sugar maples ringing the lake, their last leaves fallen to the forest floor. It’s late ...

A cancer survivor from Conifer, Colorado, has become the first person to swim the English Channel four times without taking a break. Sarah Thomas swam more than 80 miles and spent around 54 hours in ...