There are those who are so committed to their mermaid mania that they slip into custom-made latex tails, learning to live and dress like a mermaid (or merman).

The live-action version of 'The Little Mermaid' is likely to introduce a new generation to mythical underwater life. But the mermaid community is already bigger than you might realize.

SYDNEY — There was a pivotal moment in Queen Pangke Tabora’s life that eclipsed all others: It was the moment, she says, when she first slid her legs into a mermaid tail.

I sat by the side of the water, slowly sliding in tail first and envisioning I was about to become a mermaid. Mermaid lessons in Los Angeles.

Being a mermaid seems like it would be easy and glamorous with very little requirement, but MerPeople shed a beautiful light on the hard work that each individual puts into their craft.

But for many, being a mermaid is a reality, a profession – a calling. In fact, there's a whole industry solely dedicated to professional mermaiding. And it's quite prosperous.

Cookie DeJesus has always wanted to be a mermaid. "I was nine or ten years old, I saw the movie Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid. I fell in love, and I had to be a mermaid," the 54-year-old Harlem ...

Become a mermaid, work out at mermaid school in Las Vegas — PHOTOS “Everyone wants to be superheros and princesses, and now you can be one,” says Marielle Chartier Henault, owner of Aquamermaid.

The world-famous Weeki Wachee mermaids have returned to the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher for one final weekend.

Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy on Becoming Iconic ‘Little Mermaid’ Characters and Logistics of Ursula’s Tentacles The stars attended the Disney world premiere on Monday, where McCarthy also ...

Once a mermaid, always a mermaid. A group of women in their 70s recently visited the Florida springs where they once performed as mermaids to see if they still had the magic.