Mermaids: The New Evidence was, at the time of airing, the most successful show in Animal Planet's history. The conceit: that mermaids were real and that scientists from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration were actively hiding their existence from the world. read more
Mermaid experts say that the majority of mermaids are in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, but that many have been spotted in the Pacific Ocean and Southern Atlantic. “There is a large school of mermaids, swimming just outside Ocean City Maryland,” said mermaidologist, Marcus Plumkin, of the University of Florida. read more
Certainly if mermaids do exist they must have adapted in some way that makes them very rare to the human eye. Hal Gall 3 years ago from Bloomington, IN I recently read an article saying the reason why the mermaid sightings are so rare is that they have moved to deeper waters due to being hunted. read more
In mythology, mermaids — or mermaidlike creatures — have existed for thousands of years. The first myths of mermaids may have originated around 1000 B.C. — stories tell the tale of a Syrian goddess who jumped into a lake to turn into a fish, but her great beauty could not be changed and only her bottom half transformed. read more