CHATHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — A legend persists along the Cape Fear River. When people think of mermaids, they most likely imagine them in the sea. North Carolina mermaids, however, are said to exist ...

Mermaids have somehow managed to become the ultimate fantasy contradiction: gorgeous enough to inspire poetry, terrifying enough to make sailors question every life choice they ever made. One minute ...

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Mermaids: half human, half fish and nothing less than fascinating. The Internet began to get flooded with questions about whether the mythical creatures were real after Animal Planet aired on Sunday ...

Perhaps his most overlooked work however is on mermaids. In 1990 the journal Limnology and Oceanography published Bane’s paper “Mermaids – their biology, culture, and demise” (freely accessible here).

Karl Banse, an oceanographer and biologist, is one of the most esteemed scientists in the world. He’s written on everything from the use of satellites to detect phytoplankton concentrations to the ...