The Respiratory System

Beaked whiles are found to dive deeper than any other air-breathing creature. Yet oddly, only during shallow dives do they get the bends.

In tests of lung function, men deemed more angry and hostile couldn't blow as much air out as others.

Soon, seemingly healthy smokers could inhale the gas in a new MRI technique to explore early signs of emphysema and asthma.

Shrinking their hearts and livers helps Arabian sand gazelles reduce water lost from breathing.

The virus infects peoples' lungs, but too deeply to be coughed or sneezed at another potential victim.

The spread of disease among otters, manatees and sea lions could be an early warning to humans.

It's is an initial step towards building human lungs for transplantation.

New idea to explain a longstanding mystery of strange breathing habits.