A scuba diver made an awesome discovery while swimming off the Florida coast. Kristina Scott was diving off the coast of ...

Study unravels mystery of how Haenyeo women spend hours underwater without oxygen - It’s like ‘having a superpower’ ...

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

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

These women dive year-round off Jeju Island, collecting sea urchin, abalone and other seafood from the ocean floor, descending as much as 60 feet (18 meters) beneath the surface multiple times ...

(CNN) — An island 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula is home to a unique and celebrated community of women: the Haenyeo. These women dive year-round off Jeju ...

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

women who have spent their whole lives diving in the waters off Jeju Island, 50 miles south of mainland South Korea. They free-dive up to 60 feet below the surface to harvest seaweed, abalone ...

(CNN) — An island 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula is home to a unique and celebrated community of women: the Haenyeo. These women dive year-round off Jeju ...

These women often learn to dive with their mothers ... women dig around on the ocean floor for shellfish. They sometimes work as deep as 65 feet below the surface, pushing the limits of human ...