(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 ...

Learning to swim can be an intimidating feat for anyone, especially young kids. One swim instructor in Florida has developed a way to help his youngest students gain confidence, teaching them what he ...

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 ...

In the swimming classes, which Conaway started in June, participants enjoy the mermaid experience while learning swimming skills and water safety, Conaway said. “Basically, our swim lessons are built ...

Halle Bailey is ready to make her big screen debut as Ariel in Rob Marshall’s live-action version of “The Little Mermaid.” But before the actress and singer dove under the sea, she first had to ...

Brittany Sparkles of Sherwood makes performing as a mermaid look like an elegant, colorful underwater dance. But there is nothing at all easy about swimming this way -- or being a mermaid in the ...

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