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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 ...

Being a professional mermaid is about so much more than just flipping your fins. Although ordinarily the stuff of fantasy — and blockbuster Disney movies — being a real-life mermaid or merman is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 writer-director reflects on his short film’s unlikely rise through the festival circuit, the challenge of creating a ...

MerPeople is the newest docuseries released on Netflix about a small group of individuals who aim to become professional mermaids. Directed by Cynthia Wade, the four episodes splish and splash through ...