Mermaid with manatees at Weeki Wachee Springs. Less than an hour’s drive from Tampa is a gushing first-magnitude freshwater spring with water so clear it’s like liquid glass. But that’s not the only ...

We are sitting on three intimate rows of wooden benches in a dark, cool room, staring at a giant saltwater aquarium that stretches before us. An immense stingray, small shark and colorful fish glide ...

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. -- The mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs are holding their collective breath. Actually, they do that at times every day when they wiggle into their Lycra fish tails and perform in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida city ...

MYRTLE BEACH - After making an initial big splash in South Carolina, a famous group of swimmers from Florida is returning to the state for an encore. The mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs will perform ...

Sign up to get positive Black news stories, words of affirmation and weekly curated playlists delivered to your inbox twice a week: Enter your email to subscribe to ...

Meet the Military Mermaids, who use fantasy for healing, at Fairgrounds St. Pete on Veterans Day. Florida artist, mermaid and veteran Iona Parris teaches a "Military Mermaid" class through the Wounded ...

Less than an hour’s drive from Tampa is a gushing first-magnitude freshwater spring with water so clear it’s like liquid glass. But that’s not the only sight to behold at Weeki Wachee Springs. Here ...

The city located about 50 miles north of Tampa was founded in 1966 to help put the Weeki Wachee mermaid attraction at a state park onto maps and road signs, according to the Tampa Bay Times. But with ...