Learn more about early marine animal witness accounts that likely fed mermaid and other sea monster legends.

Half-human, half-fish characters like mermaids are as old as human history but it wasn't until 1842 that a seemingly real example was seen in the U.S.

1:B - As far as we know, mermaids aren’t real, but for a few thousand years, people have told stories of half-human, half-fish creatures. It’s possible they’re based on sea animals such as ...

Long before Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid made a splash in 1837, cultures around the world had passed down stories of half-human, half-fish creatures. In 2012, Animal Planet leaned ...

Yong Eun (May) Kwon (b. 1994 Seoul, Republic of Korea) is an artist currently working in New York. She uses a variety of materials to create her pink half-human half-fish persona ‘Fish Daegari’ (means ...

The International Mermaid Museum, located between Aberdeen and Westport, is getting even more excited than usual about the half-human, half-fish mythological creatures for its annual Mermaid Festival.

An elaborate installation featuring a giant dragon and a poetic tale about a half-fish, half-human creature of Cantonese origin will take over the Nordic Pavilion at the upcoming Venice Biennale.