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 ...

A new analysis of a group of all-women extreme divers off the coast of Korea has uncovered genetic differences that could ...

Past work from Llardo has shown that nomadic Bajau divers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have especially large ...

Jeju Air Flight 2216 skidded off a runway and ended in a crash that killed 179 people. There are guidelines intended to make runway excursions much less deadly.