In the same state where a Republican governor wants to whitewash history, a Black mermaid is reclaiming the water as an ancestral healing ground for African Americans. That’s not a plotline out ...

"To put it frankly, not only is mermaiding not as easy as PADI-certified mermaids make it look, the discipline requires a considerable amount of grace, water skills and most importantly ...

Rescue: The mermaid has to do a 25-meter submerged swim and rescue a dummy. Speed: The athletes race along the top of the water for 50 meters. Of course, all of the events are completed while ...

Not all of the professional mermaids on hand will be in water like Una. Instead, they’ll give visitors a chance to interact with them on land. There are roughly about 1,000 professional mermaids ...

Each claim was immediately and scrupulously investigated. A second-grade math teacher, Martha Lloyd, was sitting on a blanket on the beach at dusk when she saw a mermaid rise from the water not far ...

As a young girl, watching their water ballet through a wall of glass, I studied the mermaids’ every move in astonishment. Their talents and allure were otherworldly—the soft billowing of their ...

The water drew her back. In 2023, Walker enrolled in scuba classes at a Brandon shop. That’s where she saw a flyer for mermaid classes. Shortly after, she was learning how to float in a monofin ...