A deep sea photo taken off the East Coast by NOAA researchers is providing ample proof of why it was easy for mariners of yore to confuse sea creatures for mermaids. The image, posted last week on ...

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. Of course, no discussion of mermaids can be made without ...

The mermaid's lore stretches far beyond the European tales of sirens luring sailors to their doom. These beings, with their human upper bodies and fishtails, occupy a special place in the pantheon of ...

This image released by Disney shows Halle Bailey as Ariel in "The Little Mermaid." (Disney via AP) (Photo courtesy of Disney., © 2022 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All ...

Dragons terrorize Westeros on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and can be transformed into lovable pets on “How to Train Your Dragon.” But the legend of the beast dates back tens of thousands of years. In a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In recent years, so-called "mer-culture" has been on the rise. In fact, Dr. Daniel Compora, PhD, a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Toledo in Toledo, ...

Seven continents have produced a wide range of fascinating tales derived mostly from the imagination and the need to explain the unexplainable. The third traveling exhibition in a collaboration ...