mermaid

Of course, some of what he exhibited for his patrons had nothing to do with the real world—like his infamous Fiji mermaid, purportedly half monkey, half fish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

It is amusing to see young Reubens in drag as a kid at Halloween, or playing a Cher-inspired mermaid in a video he made while at college.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025

In 2018, Spectrum agreed a deal with Disney for a Little Mermaid collection inspired by mermaid princess Ariel.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024

A graceful mermaid swimming around in an industrial-strength water treatment plant in Lithuanian artist Emilija Škarnulytė’s film “Riparia” becomes a perilous siren, luring the unsuspecting to the rocks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

It’s a coral-colored, tight-fitting mermaid shape that flares and ruffles at the bottom.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Karen Bagnard’s late-1940s stucco home was incinerated — along with a lifetime of artwork she created, which featured mermaids and other fantastical beings — by the Eaton fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025

"Poor mermaids, in tales they're always being kidnapped or dragged somewhere or shot - they're treated really terribly, they're not usually happy stories," said Pratchett.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023

Mythical hybrid beasts such as mermaids, centaurs and chimeras testify to our enduring fascination with the plasticity of biological form: the idea that natural organisms can mutate or be reconfigured.

From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023

There's also aspiring mermaids, who struggle to plant their foot in the industry and, instead, fuel their passion via small gigs that offer measly compensation.

From Salon ● May 28, 2023

I held out a carrot and whistled again, a song about mermaids, Apple’s distant cousins.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine