A group of former Weeki Wachee mermaids got their wish granted this weekend—returning to the springs where they once ...

Five original Weeki Wachee mermaids in their 70s reunited to swim again decades later. FOX 13’s Jennifer Kveglis reports.

But being a mermaid isn’t all flips, tricks and fun; it’s hard work and takes months of training, according to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park marketing and PR manager John Athanason.

Mermaids have long captured the imaginations of humans, first appearing in Greek mythology more than 3,000 years ago. Though humans haven’t necessarily visited Weeki Wachee Springs for that long ...

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. — Nostalgia and a timely flood of donations saved the tails of the Weeki Wachee Springs mermaids a few years ago when the vintage Florida roadside attraction nearly succumbed ...

The kitschy Florida mermaid city of Weeki Wachee is no more, after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday effectively dissolving the tiny town more than 50 years after its creation.

She’s dreamed of being a mermaid since Ariel splashed across the screen in Disney’s 1989 animated film, The Little Mermaid. “I didn’t know Weeki Wachee was even here,” she says.

Every day or so, Weeki Wachee Springs State Park uploads a new "Tail Mail" video, in which a mermaid answers a letter from a young fan. On Jan. 18, Paisley read a letter from Paige, age 6.

Byrd, 22, was ready. The North Carolina natives flew to Florida for one reason: to watch Byrd try and become a Weeki Wachee mermaid. "She has wanted to be a mermaid her whole life," Whitson laughed.