Mermaid Elle, a.k.a. Elle Jimenez, talks about the aches, pains and training her job as a professional mermaid takes.

Mermaids may not be real, but that hasn’t stopped people from turning it into a career. Mermaiding isn’t just about fantasy.

Twin sisters from St. Paul are swimming in business – outfitting real-life mermaids worldwide with elaborate, colorful fishtails at a cool $2,500 a piece.

“Lycra mermaid tails are a magical way to have fun in the water. For a four-year-old who wants to use it in a backyard 10ft paddling pool that’s waist deep, it’s probably not [safe].

Meet Whitney Swinford, also known as Mermaid Giselle. Swinford owns Enchanted Mermaid Events here in Colorado Springs. With ...

The market for mermaid tails was valued at $143 million last year, according to MarketWatch, ... Here she is swimming in a Finfolk tail, one of many tails she owns. ...

June 2 (UPI) --Organizers of a Guinness World Record attempt in Britain said 388 people donned mermaid tails to successfully break the record for the world's largest gathering of merfolk.Pauline ...