They made history as the first all-female space travelers in more than 60 years. The six are part of the NS-31 mission, which took off at 9:30 a.m. ET from Launch Site One in West Texas ...

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 ...

I'm standing on a black lava beach besides a huge, natural, rocky volcanic sea-castle, talking to a 70 year old free-diving ...

Scientists have investigated the unique biology of the Haenyeo, women from the South Korean island of Jeju who are known for ...

For those unfamiliar, “haenyeo” are female freedivers from South Korea’s Jeju Island who harvest seafood without using any ...

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 ...

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