A chilling mummified 'mermaid' mystery has finally been solved - after almost 300 years. Answers surrounding Japan's mummified 'mermaid' have remained a puzzle for scientists for hundreds of years ...

A new analysis of a mummified "mermaid" found in a Japanese temple has revealed exactly what it is made from, and it's not what scientists thought. When you purchase through links on our site ...

The tale of an ancient mummified ‘mermaid’ has finally been resolved after scientists spent the last year studying it. Allegedly caught in the Pacific Ocean, off the Japanese island of ...

A team of researchers at the Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts (KUSA) used "surface observations, X-rays, and X-ray CT scans of the mermaid mummies" to analyze the creature and ...

A mummified "mermaid" was caught in a fishing net in the 1700s and kept as a sacred object in Japan. Researchers discovered the mysterious artifact was made of bones, pufferfish skin, and animal hair.