For centuries, a community of women on South Korea's Jeju Island have been diving without oxygen, holding their breath for ...

An international team of researchers has shed light on the genetic and learned characteristics that aid South Korea’s ...

Scientists have investigated the unique biology of the Haenyeo, women from the South Korean island of Jeju who are known for ...

From high-altitude climbers to divers who can fish without scuba gear, scientists are finding new ways that human bodies may ...

For those unfamiliar, haenyeo are female freedivers from South Korea’s Jeju Island who harvest seafood without using diving ...

The secret to tackling one of the United States’ most deadly chronic diseases may reside thousands of miles away in the ...

The physiological and genetic traits of a group of octogenarian fisherwomen in South Korea have been shaped to dive into deep ...

Trained and genetic differences could help the women survive the intense physiological stresses of free-diving—and could ...

Nature and nurture give Korea’s women divers, known as Haenyeo, an edge in deep-sea diving with high cold tolerance and low ...

Past work from Ilardo has shown that nomadic Bajau divers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have especially large ...

Jeju Haenyeo — which translates to "women of the sea" — begin diving for seafood at around the age of 15, gathering abalone, ...

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