Forget sleek wetsuits — fur coats might one day help keep divers warm under water.

Research may be catching up with the ingenuity of nature by borrowing ideas from furry seals to create the next generation of heat-trapping wetsuits.

It looks like a cross between a diving suit from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the Michelin Man, but the hard diving suit on display at the Offshore Technology Conference is neither science ...

Into the abyss: The diving suit that turns men into fish Humans have proven themselves remarkably adept at learning to do what other animals can do naturally.

Trelleborg buys Scottish maker of diving suits TRELLEBORG, Sweden (Nov. 8) — Trelleborg A.B. has bought Dumfries, Scotland-based Hunter Diving Ltd., a privately owned manufacturer of dry diving suits ...