Six year old Penny Armstrong was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in September of 2016. She’s spent a lot of time in the hospital and lost her hair twice. “It didn’t make me feel happy,” ...

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GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Long after sea-weary guests trudge home and the last shark has slurped down a supper of mahi, creatures of a more mystical sort emerge from the depths of Ripley’s Aquarium of the ...

Whenever Danielle Ross tells people what she does for a living, she’s met with bemusement. After all, how many professional mermaid performers does one meet? “I explain that I do parties for kids and ...

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 ...

Yesterday we looked at the trend of “mermaiding” – essentially playing the part of a mermaid decked out in a monofin – and its recent pop culture boom. This is no passing fad. The roots of the mermaid ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. (7News) — As cherry blossom season approaches, Silver Spring is preparing for another enchanting event: Mermaid Season. This weekend, the world's largest mermaid convention, ...

A woman has been banned from swimming in her community's pool because she wants to wear a mermaid tail. Jenna Conti, who lives in the FishHawk Ranch subdivision, which sits to the east of Tampa, had ...

Manassas (United States) (AFP) – Like mythical creatures from an animation classic brought to life, hundreds of people donned finned outfits and took to Virginia's indoor waters to celebrate the magic ...

The MerMagic Convention held at an aquatic center in Manassas, in the eastern United States, is billed as the world's largest dedicated to mermaids, and attracts enthusiasts from all walks -- or swims ...