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Scientists Finally Found Out What a ‘Monkey Mermaid’ Mummy Really Is
Using a CT scanner, researchers have learned what’s been kept under wraps for all these years.
We Asked You to Caption This Photo and You Absolutely Crushed It
"Hold on. This just came out of the dryer..."
Down Time: Living as a Mermaid to Get Away from Dry Land Drama
Cassia Crawl spends her days doing online damage control as a social media manager, but drowns out the noise of the digital world as her mermaid alter-ego Sia Shellz.
Guillermo del Toro’s New Movie Looks Like Frankenstein Meets 'BioShock'
'The Shape of Water' is an interspecies romance only a mother could love.
Teens Write Fanfic: They Thought She Was a Mermaid and Drowned Her to Prove It
In the second part of our fan fiction series, young author Megan Patricia writes about an orphaned mermaid who is slut-shamed by people in her town.
10,000 Plastic Bottles, a Mermaid, and a Camera Are a Recipe for Activist Art
Photographer Benjamin Von Wong spreads awareness on everyday plastic waste.
What's the Deal with That #MermaidLife Thing?
Pastel hair, shimmery make up and slogan T-shirts: #MermaidLife is all over both social media and the high street.
'Anyone Can Be a Mermaid': The World of Professional Mermen
When you're a boy, with a tail, asking someone to book you as a merman—how hard can it be?
A Fire-Breathing Mermaid from Florida Accidentally Lit Her Face on Fire
"When your face catches on fire, you literally see nothing but flames."
My Quest for Las Vegas's Mermaid Cuisine Ended Up in the Fryer
Mermaids is the only place in Vegas where you can order fried Twinkies or double down on hot dogs doused in Mardi Gras beads from a clerk who's a dead ringer for Grace Jones.
An Oral History of 'Ocean Girl'
Ocean Girl was kind of an alien, sort of a mermaid, but not really either. She loved whales, hated pollution, and gave zero fucks about petty teenage bullshit.
Two Canadian Cities Have Banned Mermaids (and Mermen) from Public Pools
We spoke to professional mermaid Marielle Chartier-Henault about the cities of Edmonton and Surrey prohibiting people from wearing tails in pools.