When Halle Bailey was cast in the live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid,” some critics blasted the decision, proclaiming Princess Ariel could not possibly be Black. But one professor who studies ...

Mermaids have somehow managed to become the ultimate fantasy contradiction: gorgeous enough to inspire poetry, terrifying enough to make sailors question every life choice they ever made. One minute ...

A report that scientists have begun tests on a 300-year-old "mermaid mummy" to identify its origins, has stimulated an interest in the existence of mermaids in Japanese folklore. Tales of mermaids and ...

Pop open your favorite fairy tale book from when you were a kid, and you're sure to find a story about mermaids, mythical half-human, half-fish beings that dwell in the depths of the ocean. Some ...

From the cover of "Soul of the Deep" by Natasha Bowen. (Courtesy) From the moment Disney released the first trailer for the upcoming live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid," the internet has been ...

In 1846, a Japanese policeman drew a legendary mermaid with scales like a coat of mail and flowing hair that ran all the way down to three mer-fins. He’d come across the creature while investigating a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In recent years, so-called "mer-culture" has been on the rise. In fact, Dr. Daniel Compora, PhD, a professor in the Department of ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Contrary to what the Disney movie would have you believe, mermaids are more often associated with bad ...

Mermaids have enchanted people for centuries, but the older legends behind them are far darker than their modern image suggests. In mythology and folklore, these mysterious beings of the deep were ...