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 Island, ...

A group of women on South Korea's largest island, Jeju, follow a unique tradition to put food on the table: They freedive to depths of nearly 33 feet (10 meters) without using any special equipment.

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that a remarkable group of women who free dive for seafood without oxygen, spend more time underwater than some diving mammals like sea beavers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Holly Corbett covers bias, workplace culture, and social movements. Twenty-five years ago, avid diver Margo Peyton had a dream: To ...

Ever seen someone dive for lobster with just their lungs? Meet Japan’s Ama divers—iconic free-diving women who harvest abalone, clams, and lobster straight from the ocean floor. Today, we learn their ...

From high-altitude climbers to divers who can fish without scuba gear, scientists are finding new ways that human bodies may be genetically adapting to environmental extremes. Many women who grow up ...

Women can participate in an introductory scuba diving event at St. Andrews State Park on Saturday, July 19. Scuba Station of Panama City is offering a 25% discount with code WomensDiveDay25. The event ...

By Captain Bobbie Scolley, U.S. Navy (ret.) and Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, U.S. Navy (ret.) For more than six decades, spanning from 1905 to the late 1970s, the U.S. Navy’s diving apparatus for deep ...