On a hot weekday morning in late July, I arrived at Marcus Garvey Pool in Manhattan for a long-awaited meetup with a mermaid. Cookie DeJesus, also known as the Harlem Mermaid, has become a fixture in ...

"At the end of the day this isn't just about a record," swimmer Merle Liivand told Guinness World Records Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. Swimmer Merle Liivand has set a ...

GHENT, WV (WVNS) – If you have ever wanted to be a mermaid, there may be a way to make that dream come true. Using a monofin can let you get that mermaid experience and swim like a mythical creature.

Campaigner Lindsey Cole is aiming to beat the current world record of 50km (31 miles), swum in 15 hours A woman who campaigns for cleaner waterways is attempting to set a new world record for the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A Estonian swimmer, model, and entrepreneur recently completed a ...

The four-time world record holder is also a marine conservationist and aquapreneur A Florida woman known as the "Eco Mermaid" broke a Guinness World Record by swimming 42.2 kilometres in the ocean ...

Merle Liivand swam in choppy waters off Miami coast to raise awareness about importance of clean oceans In the Little Mermaid, Ariel sings a whole song about wishing to be part of a world where people ...

As I sink to the bottom of the kidney bean-shaped hotel pool, scabbling to grab the end of my yellow monofin while Moves Like Jagger fades into the bubbly background, I realise that ‘becoming a ...

In a new fitness fad, more people are taking up classes where they put on a ‘mermaid tail’ to swim gracefully and bust stress This summer, when you get into the pool, don a monofin or a mermaid’s tail ...