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

And yet scientists are studying kelp not just as a casualty of climate change but as a survivor. “Diving into the kelp forest ...

A photographer shares the epiphanies she has had while chronicling underwater jungles off the California coast ...

Known as the “sea gypsies,” the Bajau Laut are among the last true marine nomads. For centuries, they have lived almost ...

The haenyeo divers have been described as "mermaids" by the BBC. It had previously been assumed that their astonishing ...

"If you descend only 10m into the ocean, you are subjected to another additional atmosphere of pressure: that’s twice as much ...

These women dive year-round off Jeju Island, collecting sea urchin, abalone and other ... to cope with the physiological stress of free diving. It’s a discovery that could one day lead to ...

A sea turtle, notorious for trying to nibble the mermaids’ flowing hair, keeps a respectful distance this time at the ...

A British man has been reported missing after allegedly freediving alone in the Philippines on Tuesday, April 22.