Real-life “mermaid baby” born with scales is bound to break your heart The gorgeous, little nine-month-old has had a really rough welcome into the world.

The baby, who reportedly could not be assigned a gender due to the condition, was diagnosed with sirenomelia, also referred to as "mermaid syndrome." Born on Monday at a hospital in India, the ...

Footage claiming to show a "real mermaid" in South Africa went viral on TikTok on April 6. The video was reuploaded on YouTube, where people said the sighting actually occurred in Kenya.

Peru's "little mermaid," the baby born with legs fused from her thighs to her ankles, will undergo delicate surgery Tuesday night to begin repairing her rare birth defect, her doctors said.

Peru’s “little mermaid” — the baby born with legs fused together from her thighs to her ankles — celebrated her first birthday Friday in the public hospital where doctors hope to perform ...