Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To survive on this wild planet we call home, humans need to adapt. That's not just a feat of strength of will, but of the body. To ...

A couple of years ago, Melissa Ilardo found herself aboard a motorboat traversing the ocean around Jeju Island, which sits some 50 or 60 miles off the coast of South Korea. Before the vessel had even ...

I had been floating face-down in the swimming pool of Matamanoa Resort in Fiji for nearly three minutes, eyes closed, breathing through a snorkel, when my freediving instructor’s voice reverberated ...

One of the challenges of competitive free diving is that only other free divers can look after free divers. Scuba divers have to rise to the surface in a slow, controlled way, so if something goes ...

How do they do it? For centuries, a community of women on South Korea's Jeju Island have been diving without oxygen, holding their breath for several minutes as they harvest seafood from deep under ...

(CNN) — 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, ...

World champion Morgan Bourc’his explains how breath control, calm, and gradual progression unlock one of the most meditative sports on earth. That’s not bad considering I could barely keep my head ...

Talk about a close call. Free divers had a very close encounter with a hungry whale. While a bit terrifying, it's a moment they will probably never forget. The incident happened last November in the ...