Research reveals how natural selection shaped the Bajau sea nomads’ spleens to boost oxygen delivery, helping them dive for ...

The Bajau subsist by gathering shellfish on the sea floor In a striking example of natural selection, the Bajau people of South-East Asia have developed bigger spleens for diving, a study shows. The ...

MEET the uncontacted Bajau people who live in stilt houses and houseboats on the edge of civilisation. In June, nomadic photographer Claudio Sieber visited the community which lives near the city of ...

The Bajau Laut are a Southeast Asian people that have lived for centuries in the seas around Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The Bajau make their living spearfishing and selling to Hong Kong ...

Researcher Melissa Ann Ilardo was in Thailand studying coral genomics when she heard about a nomadic sea people living in Southeast Asia, the Bajau. The Bajau, who live in wooden houseboats off the ...

The Bajau tribe lives in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines. They have larger spleens for deep diving. Bajau people dive to 20-30 meters and hold breath for minutes. Children learn swimming early.

The Bajau people of Southeast Asia, known to many as “sea nomads,” are renowned for their amazing diving abilities. Some can hold their breath for minutes at a time, plunging dozens of meters below ...

Many left to settle in Malaysia during conflict between the Philippine government and Moro Muslim rebel groups MEET the uncontacted Bajau people who live in stilt houses and houseboats on the edge of ...