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 ...

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

Ilardo has spent years studying human adaptations to extreme environments. In 2018, she and her colleagues published a paper ...

A Haenyeo diver carries a net full of seafood on her back while walking along a rocky shoreline in Jeju, Korea.

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 ...

A new analysis of a group of all-women extreme divers off the coast of Korea has uncovered genetic differences that could ...

Tourists look at columnar joints, or natural pillars of hardened lava created by the contraction of volcanic rock as it cools ...

Jeju Air Co. said Thursday it will launch a new route to Hakodate, Japan, next month to expand its service network to the ...

After a plane overshot a runway in South Korea, killing 179 people, a Times analysis found that global standards that help ...