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 ...

Jeju Island is an essential part of any trip to South Korea ... independence of Jeju’s women. The island is also famous for its Dolhareubang, mysterious stone statues of male figures, often ...

Ilardo has spent years studying human adaptations to extreme environments. In 2018, she and her colleagues published a paper ...