Anglers are famous for telling tall tales about huge fish and the one that got away. In common culture, the term "fish story" is a euphemism for exaggeration or down-right lying. But our fish stories ...

Long before 'mermaidcore,' Black mermaids haunted American history, their siren song a clarion call for rebellion against oppression.

Mermaids – underwater creatures that are half fish and half human – do not exist except in people’s imaginations. Scientists who study the ocean for the United States have investigated their possible ...

It took five years to give birth to a mermaid. Charlie Foley, Animal Planet’s senior vice president of development, took half a decade creating, developing, writing and executive producing “Mermaids: ...

When Halle Bailey was cast in the live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid,” some critics blasted the decision, proclaiming Princess Ariel could not possibly be Black. But one professor who studies ...

Are mermaids the next big trend after vampires and zombies? July 26, 2013— -- intro:Netflix has just purchased a live-action mermaid TV show from Australia -- and by now we know if Netflix is ...

This summer thousands of mermaids ditched the sea for the Boardwalk, for the 37th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. And in Florida, little mermaids worked on their tail technique, at Weeki Wachee's ...

Long before Disney introduced the family-friendly Ariel, mermaids were used in fantasy fiction as a safe representation of female sexuality, apropos for even the most puritanical of societies. But in ...

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