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 ...

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 ...

Can an audience suspend disbelief and believe that a human and a creature can fall in love; both emotionally and physically? That was the challenge for director Guillermo Del Toro, whose latest film ...

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 ...

More than 70% of Americans say a rewarding career or job is extremely important to live a fulfilling life — more important than family, friends or wealth. CBS News interviewed a broad array of workers ...

Mythical mermaids have fascinated humans for centuries, and alluring creatures in bikini tops and fish tails seem to be keeping the love alive. One of the first mermaid shows in the United States can ...

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.

Members of the small but growing shoal of mermaids and mermen in Brazil are getting a little worried and irate. Until now, they've been able to slip happily into their brightly colored tails and glide ...

The hot and dusty streets of Old Sacramento will teem with unusual aquatic life Sunday: mermaids and mermen. The event is the sixth annual Promenade of Mermaids, a costume parade that celebrates a ...

Jack Laflin likes to recall the time he wriggled into a 9-foot-long, 30-pound blue mermaid tail. He’d spotted similar pieces behind the scenes of the acting gigs he was trying to land, but this was ...