The Mermaid Run in San Francisco on Sunday celebrated 13 years of inspiring women and girls to pursue their fitness goals.

A welcoming, inspiring environment for women was up and running at Mare Island on Saturday morning. Hundreds of participants of all ages soaked up the sunshine, colorful costumes and a few healthy ...

Once a mermaid, always a mermaid. A group of women in their 70s recently visited the Florida springs where they once performed as mermaids to see if they still had the magic.

Mermaids have long occupied a mythological, even erotic niche in the cultural imagination: When women start swimming, people can’t seem to look away.

South Korea’s “haenyeo,” or women divers, say that they’ve become inseparable from their deep blue environment.

Mermaid Series owner and operator Carlo Facchino says it is a platform for women to pursue new goals in fitness and in life, as well as providing a positive and encouraging environment that inspire… ...