Swimming in Lake Michigan or at Three Oaks Recreation Area in Crystal Lake, you might spot an iridescent fin of a mermaid in the water. These “mermaids” and “mermen” can be found across ...

When Merle Liivand first started swimming with a monofin to help with her breaststroke practice, she never could have imagined it would one day lead her to becoming a Guinness World record holder ...

California mermaid enthusiasts inhabit personas that express everything from a yearning for childhood play to environmental advocacy to gender identity. Inside Southern California's subculture of ...

Merle Liivand, who earned the nicknames "Mermaid Merle" and "Eco Mermaid" for her swims to promote ocean conservation, swam 30 miles in Miami's Biscayne Bay while wearing a monofin, a swimming fin ...

A 2018 study of 25 children by the Royal Life Saving Society of Western Australia found that a majority experienced an average decrease in their swimming ability of 70% while using mermaid fins ...

If you thought swimming 100 meters was hard, try doing it with one leg (or rather, one fin). The competition, held in Geneva, Switzerland, invites these fantastical athletes to compete in five events: ...

With more than 500 PADI Mermaid Instructors and Mermaid Centers around the world today, you can flip a fin in such far-flung locations as the Maldives, Switzerland, Wisconsin, Australia, Mexico ...

The swimmers, according to Bailey, would take the actress through the steps of learning how to swim like a mermaid. With the help of a model fin, Bailey learned the gracefulness and ease of ...

Advocate columnist Jan Risher lived out her mermaid dreams at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas Monday, November 19, 2024. Her tiara affixed, Jan prepares to dip her fins in the water.