Being a professional mermaid is about so much more than just flipping your fins. Although ordinarily the stuff of fantasy — and blockbuster Disney movies — being a real-life mermaid or merman is ...

She’s living a life of porpoise. Nikky Wegloop, 19, loves the water — and has turned her passion into a profession as a mermaid and qualified scuba diver. Wegloop, who lives in Mijas Costa, Spain, ...

A group of real-life mermaids was practicing life-saving rescue drills in open water near Catalina Island, California, when they heard a man cry for help. "We were already in rescue mode," says Elle ...

A woman has fulfilled her childhood dream to become a modern mermaid. Ocean conservationist, Beth Neale can be seen exploring ...

Mermaid Elle — a.k.a. Elle Jimenez — opens up to PEOPLE about what it really takes to be a real-life mermaid Jimenez says that working as a mermaid for 10 years has been physically draining on her ...

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Do you have proof that they exist? Chicken of the Sea will pay $1 million to anyone who can provide “scientific evidence” in the form of unaltered video proof “of a real-life Mermaid; another majestic ...

Who among us realized that yesterday was International Mermaid Day? Yes, there really is such a thing. Most people might even know how to celebrate the ancient folkloric beings that occupy such a ...

This year’s Gen Art film festival, which ran April 2 – 8, presented a wide range of films and some lively after-parties, whose sponsored alcoholic beverages warmed the cockles of our hearts just when ...

Mermaid Elle, a.k.a. Elle Jimenez, tells PEOPLE about the highs and lows of working as a professional mermaid Darren Joshua Photography Mermaid Elle — a.k.a. Elle Jimenez — opens up to PEOPLE about ...