From afar, Albañez watched as other women, mainly biologists, went diving near the island. Deep down, she wanted to escape ...

A new Netflix documentary series dives into the underwater world of the people who work as professional mermaids. Arizona's ...

Kristin Janise has seen the community develop to the extent that diving companies are starting mermaid certification ... there will be people who try to put you down,” McConachie acknowledges.

These women, called the haenyo, or Korean Mermaids, dive up to 65 feet for their prizes, using no equipment other than goggles and wetsuits. They make these dives several times a day. And almost ...