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

A group of women on South Korea's largest island, Jeju, follow a unique tradition to put food on the table: They freedive to ...

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

A generations-long culture of deep-diving among women on a South Korean Island may have changed their genetic evolution. A ...

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

A new analysis of a group of all-women extreme divers off the coast of Korea has uncovered genetic differences that could ...

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

Scientists studying Korea’s Haenyeo divers have uncovered genetic traits linked to blood pressure and pain tolerance.