Whether you believe in their existence or not, the idea of mermaids has been a staple of seafaring lore for centuries. We watched Tom Hanks fall in love with the mythical creature in "Splash" and sang ...

Every mythical creature has its moment to shine. A few years ago, it was small, bald gremlin guys (Dobby in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” and Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy).

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 ...

The Little Mermaid lived under the sea, but she wouldn’t dare go into the Hudson. A captain of a steamship traveling along the great river falls in love with the body of water’s most elusive resident ...

Trung Le Nguyen’s “The Magic Fish” and Jerry Pinkney’s “The Little Mermaid” recast the classics. By Jen Wang THE MAGIC FISH By Trung Le Nguyen THE LITTLE MERMAID By Jerry Pinkney Like most American ...

A girl's childhood dream of becoming a pro-fish-ional mermaid is going swimmingly - after completing fish school. Andrea Liguori, 19, attended mermaid school as a child where she learned to swim using ...

An ancient mummified ‘mermaid’ that supposedly grants immortality to anyone that tastes its flesh is to be examined by scientists. The creature, with a human-looking face and a tail, has baffled ...

The bizarre viral hijinks of a Chinese student who likes to pretend he is a merman and swims around with a tail have sent internet users into stitches. The man, who identified himself as 21-year-old ...