As they prepare for their fourth, advanced rescue diving licence, their story highlights a unique blend of personal passion ...

A fundraising campaign to attempt to save the recently eliminated Cal Poly men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs has ...

A group of female South Korean free divers on Jeju Island, known as the Haenyeo, exit the water after catching marine snails in November 2015. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images On Jeju Island, 50 ...

The diver escaped unharmed and the crew returned to the water shortly afterwards to continue filming. Footage of the close call has since gone viral, racking up over 2.4 million views online.

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.

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 South Korean female free diver jumps into the sea from a boat off the coast of Jeju Island on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. New research has found that these women, known as Haenyeo, have specific ...

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 tradition of female diving on a South Korean island might have shaped the genomes of the island’s population, as well as the physiology of the divers 1. The Haenyeo — which means ‘women of ...

Their study involved 91 participants: 30 Haenyeo divers; 30 Jeju locals who are not divers; and 31 people from Seoul on mainland Korea, with an average age of 65 for all participants. DNA samples were ...