Jeju Haenyeo — which translates to "women of the sea" — begin diving for seafood at around the age of 15, gathering abalone, sea urchins and octopuses. According to UNESCO, members of the group ...

Nature and nurture give Korea’s women divers, known as Haenyeo, an edge in deep-sea diving with high cold tolerance and low blood pressure. Laura is an Assistant Editor for The Scientist. She has a ...

A diver from Jeju Island: a Haenyeo (woman of the sea) photographed circa 1954 ... They sometimes work as deep as 65 feet below the surface, pushing the limits of human endurance.

The Haenyeo -- literally "sea women" -- divers live on Jeju Island, 53 miles (85 km) south of the South Korean mainland. From adolescence, they train to deep dive to harvest food from the seabed.

What is more astonishing about these women is their age. Most of them range from 60 to 80 years old, and they still dive for ...

Few aspects of nonfiction film are more enthralling, or even cinematic, than watching experts doing something expertly. When the performance is something you would never do yourself, it’s daunting.

Past work from Ilardo has shown that nomadic Bajau divers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have especially large spleens. Even Bajau people who don’t dive seem to share this trait, ...

When you think "U.S. Navy," do you think "badass women"? Because you should. Some of the most badass female sailors include a courageous a deep sea diver, astronauts who made significant ...

Sue Kim’s documentary provides a lively look at an aging-out — yet active — community of traditional female marine-life harvesters on Jeju Island. Considering themselves “guardians of the ...