A creepy-looking “mermaid” is said to have washed ashore in Papua New Guinea — leaving nautical experts baffled and searching for answers. Quickly buried by myth-loving locals living on a remote ...

Mermaids: Myth or Marvel? For centuries, these captivating beings have swum through our imaginations, but what if the legends hold a flicker of truth? This video plunges into alleged mermaid sightings ...

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. In fact, Dr. Daniel Compora, PhD, a professor in the Department of ...

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 ...

Photos of a creature — resembling a “mermaid alien” — washed ashore on an Australian beach have sent the internet into a collective tizzy online as viewers scramble to guess the mystery critter’s ...

Mermaids are multicultural mythical figures, reflecting the continuing human fascination with the sea in stories echoing thousands of years into the past. Mermaids are found in cultures across the ...

Writer-director Tyler Cornack looks for the heartbreak in a heightened genre premise. But the tall tale never quite hooks you. It’s not ripped from the headlines, but Tyler Cornack’s comedy “Mermaid” ...