In 2022, temple authorities from Okayama, Japan permitted scientists to examine a mermaid mummy in their custody. Hiroshi Kinoshita found the mummy inside a box at a temple in Okayama Prefecture ...

KURASHIKI, Okayama Prefecture—A “mermaid mummy” kept at a temple has been an object of worship, the stuff of nightmares and a source of mystery for hundreds of years. Now, for the first time ...

The ocean is full of mysteries. Did you know that only five ... Sailors in the Middle Ages often thought manatees were mermaids. This is because of the manatees’ humanlike upper bodies and ...