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 ...

Professional mermaids risk hypothermia, seasickness and the cling of skin-tight silicone, but the reward is becoming an ‘ocean ambassador’ – and a bit more colour in the world ...

Swimming in Lake Michigan or at Three Oaks Recreation Area in Crystal Lake, you might spot an iridescent fin of a mermaid in the water. These “mermaids” and “mermen” can be found across the state as ...

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 ...

Some children want to be firefighters when they grow up. Others want to be doctors or rockstars. But not Cat Kailani. Instead, she dreamed of becoming a mermaid. "I'm from California," Kailani says.

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, ...

Coming face-to-face with a mermaid was not on most people’s minds in 2026 – until now. Mermaids are making a splash at the ...

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 ...