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

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

On South Korea’s largest island, Jeju Island, a group of women free-dive into frigid waters year-round to harvest food from [ ...

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

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

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

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

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

A group of all-women extreme divers can be seen hauling the day's catch out onto shore in this image by Melissa Ilardo | Genetics And Genomics ...

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

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 ...

The Haenyeo, a name that means "women of the sea" in Korean, dive in groups year-round to harvest shellfish like abalone and sea urchin for their communities. These women often learn to dive with ...