On Jeju Island, 50 miles south of the Korean peninsula, senior women regularly dive up to 60 feet beneath the ocean’s surface. They collect sea urchins, sea snails called abalone and other food—and ...

The Haenyeo do not display classic mammalian responses to diving such as a slowed heart rate and reduced blood flow to muscles. There’s a group of women in Jeju, an island off the coast of South Korea ...

A new DNA analysis of Korea’s all-women extreme divers has uncovered genetic adaptations that uniquely protect them from the intense stresses of plunging into coastal waters without oxygen. The ...

Tamara Thomsen, a maritime archaeologist and diving instructor, has helped uncover more than 100 shipwrecks across the region ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman who spent her teenage years at Memphis city pools is making a big splash in the scuba diving world. Corhonda Dawson has been scuba diving for over a decade, and her underwater ...

Seated in a dimly lit office with a newly acquired national championship trophy perched to his right, Adam Epstein revealed the key to his success: people. A week ago, Epstein, head coach of Keiser ...

Visakhapatnam: Scuba diving is gaining popularity in Visakhapatnam as more and more women venture into its underwater world. What was once seen as a niche or distant adventure is becoming a new trend, ...

A couple in Scotland held their wedding Saturday underwater in a diver's tank. Dorota Bankowska and new husband James Abbott renew their vows underwater inside a diving tank at Fort William Underwater ...

That could be the mantra for de-stressing everyday life. But here on tiny Grand Turk Island — part of Turks and Caicos (www.turksandcaicostourism.com) — where many believe Columbus first made landfall ...

“There’s nothing like cold water, icky garbage and a little bit of danger to get you out of your head,” said Susan Baur, founder of the group Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage. “There’s nothing ...