Merpeople
![Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor crafted his underwater installation The Silent Evolution off the coast of Cancún, Mexico.](/sites/default/files/styles/sierra_full_page_width/public/2023-12/LW_01_1.jpg.webp?itok=2xOOjkZL)
Photo by Jason deCaires Taylor
"Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, and let them rule over the fish of the sea.'"
—Genesis 1:26
Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor crafted his underwater installation The Silent Evolution off the coast of Cancún, Mexico, to divert divers from the overvisited coral reefs nearby. Its 400 life-size statues are meant to turn into a thriving marine habitat.