Jeju Haenyeo, which translates to "women of the sea," started diving at around 15 years old. They would gather sea urchins, seaweed, octopuses, and abalone.

The woman plunged into darkness during this dive. She was 130 feet deep in the water, and could see things that are typically reserved just for deep ocean dwellers.

Shortly before 2:30 p.m. law enforcement personnel were called to White Bear Lake after a 40-year-old woman was reported missing after jumping off a boat, according to a news release from the ...

Testing a diving superpower . Ilardo and her team compared 30 Haenyeo divers' genomes to the genomes of 30 non-Haenyeo people from the island of Jeju, as well as 31 people from mainland Korea.

The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold-water diving involving their blood pressure and cold tolerance. It's "like they have a superpower," says one of the researchers.

A woman who disappeared Sunday afternoon after she jumped off a boat was found 40 minutes later by a dive team and then pronounced dead at the hospital, authorities said. Shortly before 2:30 p.m ...