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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Photograph by David Hogsholt 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.

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