Russian mermaid performer Mariia Zelenina, 22, went viral after a giant fish attacked her by biting her head while she was ...

The Lake Winnebago system's sturgeon spearing tradition saw several sturgeon over 170 pounds, but one 2010 catch is the only ...

The accompanying footage, captured in China, shows the mermaid performing gracefully in front of an audience that included children when the sturgeon briefly sucked her head into its mouth.

Wisconsinites are heading into the final weekend of the Winnebago spearing season, with many taking to the ice Friday for one ...

Lake sturgeon are a protected species in Michigan and must be released immediately if caught. The fish are long-lived, slow to mature, and were overfished in the 1800s, leading to their threatened ...

This would have been impressive on its own for a female fish, but the sturgeon was male — which rarely gets that big — and was so old that DNR officials begged for its head, according to archives.