Mutated tribe can swim to bottom of ocean after developing 'sea nomad gene' ...

They live in houseboats, moving across the South East Asian waterways from place to place and rarely setting foot on dry land. They are described as sea nomads [nationalgeographic] A Bajau person may ...

Les Stroud learns the dangerous art of compression diving with the Sea Bajau people. Poverty-stricken, the Bajau have large families. 12+ people share one room stick huts that poke from the ocean ...

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Malaysian police have been demolishing the offshore homes of a nomadic maritime tribe, with hundreds evicted as part of a crackdown on undocumented migrants. Last month more than 500 Bajau people were ...

Ramadan life in the Bajau Sampela tribal community of Wakatobi offers a unique portrait of how these sea wanderers harmonized worship with their ocean-side rhythms of life. As a society known to the ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. After a six-hour drive on the island of Sulawesi, my colleague Adi ...

A peaceful people, they would simply float away on their houseboats whenever they felt threatened by groups encroaching in their territory. Like most Bajau, Max and his family live almost their entire ...