Mermaids are usually the stuff of legends, but at the Newport-Mesa Family YMCA, a popular water aerobics class transforming area residents into mermaids and mermen on a daily basis is always happy to ...

The fish-shaped woman propelled herself from end to end of the swimming pool with the help of a purple-tinted monofin. She paused mid-pool to flip head over tail. By land she's Jessica Benson, a ...

Fans celebrated their first national convention this summer. They claim that swimming with a mermaid tail is a very demanding sport (and art): it involves apnea, synchronization, diving, acrobatics ...

A growing community is giving women the chance to build confidence in the water while exploring the magic of mermaiding in a ...