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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

The Korean women’s football team will play two friendlies at home against Colombia on May 30 and June 2, the Korea Football ...

A group of women around 70 years old laugh and sing on a beach in Jeju, an island off South Korea, preparing to spend the day diving for shellfish. Moments later, they’ll plunge into frigid ...