Water safety is a big concern, especially during the summer months. Hundreds of Canadians die each year from drowning, many of whom would have likely described themselves as strong swimmers. So should ...

A Florida woman has been banned from swimming in her community's pool because she wants to wear a mermaid tail.Jenna Conti, who lives in the FishHawk Ranch subdivision, had been in the Aquatic Club ...

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 ...

The Little Mermaid famously sang "flipping your fins, you don't get too far." Apparently, she's never seen Merle Liivand swim. Liivand, also known as "Eco Mermaid," broke a Guinness World Record in ...

A human 'mermaid' says she is being forced into the sea as local swimming pools refuse to let her wear her tail in the water. Becky Allen likes to don her tail and go for a swim, but says that every ...

MOSES LAKE — There’s just something about mermaids — little girls love them, like they love princesses. Playing mermaid can get so realistic that girls can buy a tail. But — water being unforgiving — ...

This Florida mermaid is determined to swim against the tide. Eden Sirene, a mermaid from Fishhawk Ranch, Fla., can no longer wear her sparkly blue tail in her town’s pools—thanks to a stringent ...

Nadya Vessey was born with a condition that meant her legs would never develop properly and by the time she was 16 she had both her legs amputated. Now in her fifties, with false legs, she was ...

MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) - There’s just something about mermaids - little girls love them, like they love princesses. Playing mermaid can get so realistic that girls can buy a tail. But - water being ...