The Guardian

Meet the merpeople: ‘Once I put the tail on, my life was changed forever’

Mermaid Kat, a professional mermaid, swimming with a whale shark as part of an anti-finning campaign in the Bahamas. Photograph: Ian Gray Professional mermaids risk hypothermia, seasickness and the ...
Post and Courier

Mermaids make a splashy comeback at the SC Aquarium after 8-year hiatus

CHARLESTON — The South Carolina Aquarium is diving into the new year with the return of a popular event and some fun new visitors: mermaids. Each weekend in February, the sea creatures will be showing ...
WCBD

Dive into a magical mermaid experience at S.C. Aquarium

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – 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 South Carolina Aquarium this February, inviting ...
Tampa Bay Times

I became a Weeki Wachee mermaid at Sirens of the Deep camp, and you can too

Past and present Weeki Wachee mermaids teach the ways of Old Florida sirens. Gabrielle Calise is a culture reporter who covers music, nostalgia and offbeat Florida trends. Reach her at ...
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St. Louis Aquarium brings the magic with “Mermaids on the Mississippi”

Olivia McCracken shares a wave with the Mermaid. Toting a fork around town, and then proceeding to brush your hair with it, is likely to be perceived as strange any other time of the year. Today ...
IFLScience

"The Sea Shall Flow To Jackdaw’s Well": Old English Mermaid Legend Traced Back Centuries

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
New York Post

Coney Island Mermaid Parade makes a splash with its ‘celebration of creativity’: ‘It’s so refreshing’

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade made quite a splash once again. The 43rd annual event — the nation’s largest art parade — welcomed revelers close from the Big Apple to around the world, many donning ...
The Brooklyn Paper

Mermaids and glitter abound as the Coney Island Mermaid Parade returns on June 21

The creatures of the Atlantic Ocean will shimmy up the beach and onto the boardwalk on June 21 as the 43rd annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade returns to mark the unofficial start of summer in Brooklyn ...
WLKY

Mermaids make a splash at Newport Aquarium

WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED. 20,000 SEA CREATURES LIVE AT THE NEWPORT AQUARIUM IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. AND RIGHT NOW, FOR A LIMITED TIME, A NEW MARINE MAMMAL IS SWIMMING ON BY. OUR ...
TechCrunch

The founder of DeviantArt is making a $22,000 display for digital art

Angelo Sotira started the online digital art platform DeviantArt when he was just a teenager, growing a formative community for millions of artists in the 2000s. Twenty-five years later, Sotira wants ...
Fort Worth Weekly

Ate Days of Mermaid Summer Sightings

If you have core memories of visiting the now-shuttered Aquarina Springs near San Marcos and watching the mermaids and swimming pigs, it wasn’t just a fever dream. It. Was. Real. But where did they go ...