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Fans celebrated their first national convention this summer. They claim that swimming with a mermaid tail is a very demanding sport (and art): it involves apnea, synchronization, diving, acrobatics ...

Time to mark a legend-ary occasion—March 29 is International Mermaid Day! Apparently, the cable network Freeform founded the annual holiday in 2017 to celebrate the launch of its TV show Siren. The ...

Stories of mermaids and mermen date back to the earliest periods in recorded history. Oannes, a figure from ancient Mesopotamian mythology, was commonly portrayed with characteristics of both man and ...

NORFOLK — Some people actually do grow up to be mermaids and pirates. Both brought a little magic and fantasy to Hampton Roads over the weekend at the 47th annual Harborfest. Nicole Mangune and ...

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 ...

Imari Stout was born a mermaid. Well, maybe she wasn't born with a sparkling, fish-like tail, but she was originally named after the popular red-headed Disney princess who lives under the sea. "My mom ...

For mermaids, the ocean seems vastly bigger and far more inclusive now. That's the feeling Jessica Basto, a Houston mermaid performer with Odysea Mermaids, has about Disney's new "The Little Mermaid" ...