Breath-hold diving elicits a remarkable suite of physiological responses that enable humans to withstand extreme hypoxic conditions. At the core of these adaptations is the diving response, which ...

A tribe of Indonesian “fish people” have evolved extra-large spleens that enable them to free dive to incredible depths. The genetic change discovered in the Bajau tribe is the first known example of ...

Evidence that humans can genetically adapt to diving has been identified for the first time in a new study. The evidence suggests that the Bajau, a people group indigenous to parts of Indonesia, have ...