FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2007 file photo, performers with the Weeki Wachee mermaid attraction practice in Weeki Wachee, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation dissolving the city of ...

Mermaid with manatees at Weeki Wachee Springs. Less than an hour’s drive from Tampa is a gushing first-magnitude freshwater spring with water so clear it’s like liquid glass. But that’s not the only ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Chuck's Big Adventure is traveling to Florida. His adventure will take him to some amazing beaches, beautiful homes, mermaid encounters and the fountain of youth. As a boy, I ...

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. -- The mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs are holding their collective breath. Actually, they do that at times every day when they wiggle into their Lycra fish tails and perform in ...

While Pitbull’s Florida promotion might be getting scrutiny, a band of mermaids on Florida’s west coast are giving the state plenty of publicity in places that rarely talk about Florida for our ...

The push to keep Florida’s springs flowing clean got a new ally this weekend from an unusual source: Mermaids. It wasn’t the actual legendary creatures, but rather human members of the worldwide ...

The world-famous Weeki Wachee Springs State Park is closed after Hurricane Irma tore up the western coast of Florida this week, but the park's mermaids are unharmed, and their live shows will resume ...

In the days before mega-theme parks and interstate travel, my two brothers and I would pick up stacks of brochures at visitor centers and motels and beg my parents to visit places like Silver Springs, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida city ...

WEEKI WACHEE, Fla.WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. — A Florida city known for its mermaid shows now sleeps with the fishes. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Tuesday dissolving the city of Weeki ...