Mermaids are usually the stuff of legends, but at the Newport-Mesa Family YMCA, a popular water aerobics class transforming area residents into mermaids and mermen on a daily basis is always happy to ...

The fish-shaped woman propelled herself from end to end of the swimming pool with the help of a purple-tinted monofin. She paused mid-pool to flip head over tail. By land she's Jessica Benson, a ...

DULUTH, Minn. - The fish-shaped woman propelled herself from end to end of the swimming pool with the help of a purple-tinted monofin. She paused mid-pool to flip head over tail. By land she's Jessica ...

A little more than a century ago, the new swimming pool at Roosevelt Park was overrun by mermaids. Granted, these flappers didn't have fins, but they mesmerized the masses in an Aug. 10, 1924, edition ...

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In the summer, many Americans daydream about mermaids. Thousands sojourn to New York City's Coney Island for the Annual Mermaid Parade, decked in aquatic apparel. Parents bundle their children ...

Mermaiding, the artistic swimming activity in which people wear mermaid fins and tails, is growing in popularity around the world. The activity has led to the formation of mermaid swim schools, groups ...

King Togbe Yedy, one of the heads of the convent of the Temple of Mami Wata, poses in front of an altar at the Temple in Ouidah, Benin, on Jan. 11, 2025. In the summer, many Americans daydream about ...

Angie Braithwaite — who goes by her mermaid name, Lady Ainé — acknowledges that it’s unlikely mermaids ever existed in the Great Salt Lake. She said that’s because of the lake’s salt content, which is ...

Lisa Laman is a life-long movie fan, writer, and Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic located both on the autism spectrum and in Texas. Given that her first word was "Disney", Lisa Laman was "doomed" from ...

From the cover of "Soul of the Deep" by Natasha Bowen. (Courtesy) From the moment Disney released the first trailer for the upcoming live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid," the internet has been ...

I have the adorably awkward coordination of a rom-com character. It was a thought that haunted me as I slithered into my purple mermaid tail for the first time. Yes, we were at the Four Seasons in ...