By expelling air from their blowholes while underwater, dolphins can produce a doughnut-shaped vortex that rises to the ...

Several species of anolis lizards blow bubbles from their noses to breathe underwater, according to research published in the scientific journal Current Biology this month. While aquatic insects have ...

A humble little lizard has developed a clever escape route from predators – it blows a bubble over its nostrils and scuba dives to safety for 20 minutes or more. Now, a biologist has explored exactly ...

Some lizards can stay underwater for longer by blowing out and then rebreathing bubbles of air. This has been suspected since the behaviour was first observed, and now experiments have confirmed it.

The star-nosed mole has several unusual abilities. One of them is "sniffing" underwater by blowing bubbles and quickly re-inhaling them, detecting odors of its prey through the water. The moles' "star ...