Swishing tails, glistening waters, connecting with nature and spending quality time with friends – this is what being a mermaid is all about. Adults from around the world are getting in touch with ...

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 ...

A group of children is on a field trip to Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville. They wander along the shore line, taking in the sights when a young man approaches. “I think I saw a mermaid over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In recent years, so-called “mer-culture” has been on the rise. Of course, no discussion of mermaids can be made without ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On a hot weekday morning in late July, I arrived at Marcus Garvey Pool in Manhattan for a long-awaited meetup with a mermaid. Cookie DeJesus, also known as ...

In recent years, so-called “mer-culture” has been on the rise. Then, there’s the whole “finfluencer” trend, with mermaids and mermans like Grace Page and Merman Chris making a splash on social media.