Known as 'sea nomads', the Bajau Laut tribe have lived at sea for more than 1,000 years. Their lifestyle has given them the ...

SEMPORNA, MALAYSIA, Jan 8 (KUNA) -- In the water of Malaysia's Sabah state, the Bajau people, known as "Sea Nomads" embody a life of harmony with nature, with wooden boats and stilt houses built over ...

A recent study found that a nomadic people in Southeast Asia may have genetically evolved to be better divers. This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the ...

A cornucopia of readily available ocean creatures that the Sampelan Bajau people can rely on when the weather is too bad to take to the seas. This isn’t going to settle down anytime soon.

Melissa Ilardo, formerly of the University of Copenhagen and now a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Utah, explains how her study of the extraordinary divers, the Bajau people of Indonesia ...

The average person can hold their breath for 30 seconds. But Bajau people in Southeast Asia can hold it up to 12 minutes! Which comes in handy when they freedive over 230 feet for food.

Most Malaysians are not familiar with the traditional food of the Bajau people, an indigenous group inhabiting Semporna, Sabah, and parts of the Philippines. Known for their nomadic, seafaring way of ...

The adaptation gives better endurance to the Bajau people, known as sea nomads, by increasing spleen size and, in turn, boosting the number of oxygenated red blood cells when diving. “This is a ...

Scattered through Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, the Bajau are a semi-nomadic tribe of fishers with extraordinary freediving skills. Research has shown that their anatomy has evolved to ...

The Bajau can dive as deep as 70 meters without equipment, holding their breath for up to 13 minutes, a feat few can replicate. Similar to marine animals like seals, the Bajau’s adaptation ...