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

Jeju Haenyeo — which translates to "women of the sea" — begin diving for seafood at around the age of 15, gathering abalone, ...

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

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

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 ...

Imprints of evolution can be seen among the Haenyeo of South Korea. After generations of foraging for food on the seabed, ...

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

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

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

The Haenyeo, a group of all-female divers from the Korean island of Jeju, are renowned for their ability to dive in frigid waters without the aid of breathing equipment -- even while pregnant. A study ...

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

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