Just under two months ago, one real-life mermaid suffered horrific wounds in an unprecedented attack launched by a giant fish while she performed in front of families and small children.

When I was a young girl, I was obsessed with mermaids – beautiful mythical creatures ... to learn about handling oxygen pressure and more. Real mermaiding requires a lot of freediving skills ...

Even though we have known for quite some time that mermaids are not real, they continue to inspire interest and sometimes controversy. In 2009, people in the town of Kirvat Yam, Israel ...

And in that spring, beautiful women with intricate fishtails swim through the 74-degree water that bubbles up out of the ground. Welcome to Weeki Wachee Springs, where "mermaids" are real and ...