This summer thousands of mermaids ditched the sea for the Boardwalk, for the 37th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. And in Florida, little mermaids worked on their tail technique, at Weeki Wachee's ...

Professional mermaids risk hypothermia, seasickness and the cling of skin-tight silicone, but the reward is becoming an ‘ocean ambassador’ – and a bit more colour in the world ...

Can an audience suspend disbelief and believe that a human and a creature can fall in love; both emotionally and physically? That was the challenge for director Guillermo Del Toro, whose latest film ...

Mythical mermaids have fascinated humans for centuries, and alluring creatures in bikini tops and fish tails seem to be keeping the love alive. One of the first mermaid shows in the United States can ...

Not all mermaids are like Ariel in "The Little Mermaid." Though Disney conditioned us to think that mermaids are bubbly creatures who hardly know what to do with a dinglehopper, some mermaids in ...

Merfolk include mermaids and mermen, who use the movement to promote both fashionable fun and ecological change. (Photo: Getty Images) Grown men are dressing up as the male equivalent of mermaids — ...

Jack Laflin likes to recall the time he wriggled into a 9-foot-long, 30-pound blue mermaid tail. He’d spotted similar pieces behind the scenes of the acting gigs he was trying to land, but this was ...

Members of the small but growing shoal of mermaids and mermen in Brazil are getting a little worried and irate. Until now, they've been able to slip happily into their brightly colored tails and glide ...

"Mermaid Melissa" has found her true love: A merman. Melissa Dawn, 31, better known as "Mermaid Melissa," and boyfriend Antonio Padilla, 33, work together for Dawn's Orlando-based entertainment agency ...

Davi de Oliveira Moreira, known as "Sereio" (merman in Portuguese), poses in costume at Arpoador Rock on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, last May. Members of the small but growing shoal of ...