YOU hear mermaid, and you’d be forgiven for thinking of Disney’s Ariel with her flowing red locks, a fork for a comb and a little tropical fish sidekick. But, forget that Disney image as these pretty ...

Mermaids, sirens of the sea with breasts and fishtails, are creatures of folklore and myth, and may not be a typical sight on a bank holiday. But earlier this month, while landlubbers celebrated the ...

Part cosplay, part athletic endeavor, it’s a diverse and encouraging community where magical merfolk lift each other with shouts of ‘Yes, fish!’ Last weekend, around a community pool near Sacramento, ...

In her youth, Chè Monique remembers the life-changing experience of watching the 1989 animated Disney film The Little Mermaid. “I would love to be part of that world,” Moniqu ...

Now lockdown restrictions are finally easing, we can all have a flipping good time – and that’s something “merfolk” are particularly good at. You may have already seen them, splashing around in the ...

An estimated 1,000 people in the United States are “professional mermaids” — that is, they don fishtails and fins and get paid to swim in tanks, pools and open water. These mermaids swim even in ...

We all know that mermaids can perform underwater musical numbers. But how would a real-life mermaid sing underwater? And hear music? Find out in our guide to underwater physics for mermaid chasers.

If you (or someone in your life) dreams of mermaids, you’re in great company. Woven through mythology from as early as 1000 B.C., merfolk continue to feed our collective fascination and inspire ...