When Halle Bailey was cast in the live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid,” some critics blasted the decision, proclaiming Princess Ariel could not possibly be Black. But one professor who studies ...

What follows is a condensed version of a legend about a mermaid that appears in the book “The Seven Dawns of the Aumakua,” ...

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum will reopen its exhibit Mermaids: Visualizing the Myths and Legends through Photography, 16 images printed on canvas by Ralph Clevenger and friends, Nov. 11-April 30 ...

The big marine herbivore, the manatee, is thought by some to be the origin of mermaid legends, but it's not closely related to humankind or even... Jul 22, 2021 — The big marine herbivore, the manatee ...

Delve into the stuff of legends at a new exhibit in Philadelphia. “Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns and Mermaids” opens Feb. 16 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in ...

Halle Bailey's casting is a breakthrough for the industry, but there's another conversation to be had. Hollywood films and TV series often treat black history as if it began with the transatlantic ...

The popular International Mermaid Museum Festival is drawing near. In 2026, the event beckons visitors every full weekend in ...

The explosion of Guam’s art and culture scene over the past few years is proof Chamorus and other indigenous Pacific Islanders need not look far from home for contemporary inspiration. “We have in our ...

This image released by Disney shows Halle Bailey as Ariel in "The Little Mermaid." (Disney via AP) (Photo courtesy of Disney., © 2022 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All ...

Last year, star Michael B. Jordan provoked a storm of criticism with just one line in a Vanity Fair cover profile: “We don’t have any black mythology, or folklore.” Jordan later clarified his comment, ...