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 ...

“Be careful of the water,” my mother would say to me every time we were close to a river, a subtle warning to watch out for the mermaids lurking below. The sentiment “be careful of the water” is a ...

Mermaids have somehow managed to become the ultimate fantasy contradiction: gorgeous enough to inspire poetry, terrifying ...

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 ...

Mermaid folklore exists in cultures all around the world, not just Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.” Since the announcement that Chloe x Halle singer Halle Bailey would play Ariel in the upcoming ...

Weird museums are everywhere. There’s one devoted to mustard, one celebrating bad art and at least two focused on barbed wire. A museum devoted to a mythical creature, though, brings things to a whole ...

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 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 ...

Siren enticed fans from the beginning, with its story about a unique mermaid who comes to land and the marine biologists, Ben Pownall and Maddie Bishop, who protect her. There’s also the mysterious ...

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 ...