A Estonian swimmer, model, and entrepreneur recently completed a remarkable feat—all while looking just like a mermaid. According to a Guinness World Records news release on Wednesday, Merle Liivand ...

June 8 (UPI) --A swimmer known as the "eco mermaid" broke a Guinness World Record by taking a 26.22-mile swim in the ocean while wearing a monofin. Merle Liivand, a swimmer and conservationist known ...

(CNN) — When Merle Liivand first started swimming with a monofin to help with her breaststroke practice, she never could have imagined it would one day lead her to becoming a Guinness World record ...

As I sink to the bottom of the kidney bean-shaped hotel pool, scabbling to grab the end of my yellow monofin while Moves Like Jagger fades into the bubbly background, I realise that ‘becoming a ...

On a hot weekday morning in late July, I arrived at Marcus Garvey Pool in Manhattan for a long-awaited meetup with a mermaid. Cookie DeJesus, also known as the Harlem Mermaid, has become a fixture in ...

Mermaiding, the artistic swimming activity in which people wear mermaid fins and tails, is growing in popularity around the world. The activity has led to the formation of mermaid swim schools, groups ...

The Little Mermaid famously sang “flipping your fins, you don’t get too far.” Apparently, she’s never seen Merle Liivand swim. Liivand, also known as “Eco Mermaid,” broke a Guinness World Record in ...

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Mermaid tails are popular among young girls this summer -- it gives them the chance to swim around like a "Little Mermaid" and have some fun. But the costumes, which are ...