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 ...

Underwater smiles, colorful tails and a “shell-iberation” of everything mermaid are in store when the California Mermaid ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Professional mermaid performer Melanie Melendez has swum in aquarium tanks, open water and pools across the country. She has been a part of the Illinois Mer-Pod since it was first created.

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 ...