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

For centuries, a community of women on South Korea's Jeju Island have been diving without oxygen, holding their breath for ...

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

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

Instead of outrage at the traffickers, online anger in Japan has focused on the women involved for damaging national pride.

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

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 generations-long culture of deep-diving among women on a South Korean Island may have changed their genetic evolution. A study shows potential for medical discoveries.

A new book candidly portrays author Seol Song-a's struggle to survive as a woman in North Korea's oppressive system before ...