Mermaiding, the artistic swimming activity in which people wear mermaid fins and tails, is growing in popularity around the world. The activity has led to the formation of mermaid swim schools, groups ...

Back in the day, I mostly associated swimming pools with playing Marco Polo, doing handstands, and, most importantly, pretending to be a mermaid. Nowadays, I mostly associate them with lap swim, which ...

Mermaid training season is back. What looks magical is actually a full-body workout built on swimming, breath control, ...

Michael Muller/HannahMermaid.com Have you ever seen a real life mermaid? This fish out of water makes a splash wherever she goes. Hannah Fraser (aka Hannah Mermaid) is an underwater performance artist ...

A few weeks ago an e-mail popped into the inboxes of the authors of this post inviting us to swim like a mermaid. We knew we had to accept, because how often in your life do you get to fulfill one of ...

When The Little Mermaid first hit theaters in 1989, aspiring mermaids and mermen who wanted to live an Ariel-influenced lifestyle had to make do with homemade tails and make-believe. Now there are ...

For those who like to imagine themselves flitting through the water with fins instead of legs, the mermaiding hobby may be ...

“I know in that moment when the bubbles from my fall into the ocean surround me, and I stretch out to take my first strokes, that there is a transformation in me,” said Renate Herberger. At age 56, ...

Is it cannibalism to consider eating sardines for lunch on the day one becomes a fish? That’s the question I pondered as I fueled up for my first-ever mermaid swimming lesson. Yes, mermaid swimming.

If you missed your chance to learn to swim like a mermaid at Mack Pool (915 Brooks St. in Ann Arbor) the first time, fear not: another opportunity is floating your way. World of Swimming just wrapped ...