From Weeki Wachee State Park, Mermaid Amanda talks to visitors at the Sea Life Orlando Aquarium, Friday, September 28, 2018. The world-famous mermaids are making their first-ever field trip to Orlando ...

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. (WFLA) – Deep underground, near Weeki Wachee Springs, is an underwater world that few humans have ever seen. It’s an area that has now been explored and mapped by cave divers Brett ...

An hour’s drive from Tampa, Florida, there's a spring so deep that no one has ever found the bottom. And in that spring, beautiful women with intricate fishtails swim through the 74-degree water that ...

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A brush fire broke out Wednesday morning in the Weeki Wachee preserve, according to Hernando County Fire Rescue. Officials said the fire covered roughly three acres of ...

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

It’s Old Florida at its kitschy best – and yes, of course, you can purchase your own mermaid tail at the gift shop before you leave. “Fish Tails,” one of two daily shows, recaps some of the history of ...

Weeki Wachee Springs is one of Florida’s oldest and most unique roadside attractions. It’s located about an hour north of Tampa at the crossroads of U.S. 19 and State Road 50. For nearly 60 years, ...

Once a mermaid, always a mermaid. A group of women in their 70s recently visited the Florida springs where they once performed as mermaids to see if they still had the magic. OK. A lot of little girls ...

Weeki Wachee River advocates shared pictures of kayakers beached on the banks of the river with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission on Thursday. These activities, which were in areas not included ...

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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. 1 / 19A 'mermaid' prepares to dive in the tube room to start the underwater show "Little Mermaid" at ...