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From Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" to C.S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia" series to Alice Hoffman's "Aquamarine," mermaids have been a fixture in literature and pop culture for centuries. But are mermaids real?

The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) Board of Trustees unanimously approved a 10 percent increase in employee health care premiums for the 2024 calendar year on Friday.

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 landlocked Natural State.

Canadas Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Professional Division, in the wake of the ballet companys November performances of "The Nutcracker" at Fayettevilles Walton Arts Center, will hold free interactive master classes for students in academic eighth grade and older — with later classes for adults — in the Starr Theater at the center.

Maybe mermaids do exist!

What Merpeople Say About Us How changing perceptions of mermaids and mermen reveal deeper understandings of myth, religion, science, wonder and capitalism. By Vaughn Scribner Merpeople’s hybridity has helped them maintain a presence in both scientific and mythological camps. In many people’s minds, mermaids and mermen remain mythical creatures more suitable for bedtime stories than scientific tracts. Yet for others merpeople symbolize the outer limits of our scientific and mythological inve...